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US 9,371,456 B2Granted
Digital thermal binder and powder printing
AssigneeCeraloc Innovation AB
InventorsDarko Pervan, Tony Pervan
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Abstract
A method of forming a digital print on a surface (2) by applying powder of dry ink (15) including colorants (7) on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink (15) powder to the surface (2) by a digital heating print head (80) such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colorants (7) and removing non-bonded dry ink (15) from the surface (2).
Claims20
A method of forming a digital print on a surface, wherein the method comprises:
- applying a powder of dry ink, the dry ink comprising colourants, on the surface;
- bonding a part of the powder of dry ink to the surface by a digital heating print head such that the digital print is formed by the bonded colourants of the dry ink;
- and
- removing non-bonded dry ink from the surface,
- wherein the digital heating print head comprises a plurality of heating elements.
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A method of forming a digital print on a surface, wherein the method comprises:
- applying a powder of dry ink, the dry ink comprising colourants, on the surface;
- bonding a part of the powder of dry ink to the surface by a digital heating print head such that the digital print is formed by the bonded colourants of the dry ink;
- and
- removing non-bonded dry ink from the surface,
- wherein the dry ink comprises a heat sensitive resin which is a thermosetting resin comprising melamine.
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A method of forming a digital print on a surface, wherein the method comprises:
- applying a powder of dry ink, the dry ink comprising colourants, on the surface;
- bonding a part of the powder of dry ink to the surface by a digital heating print head such that the digital print is formed by the bonded colourants of the dry ink;
- and
- removing non-bonded dry ink from the surface,
- wherein the dry ink comprises wood fibres.
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