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US 9,873,267 B2Granted
Print curing apparatus
AssigneeGEW (EC) Limited
InventorsMalcolm Rae, James Hicks
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Abstract
A print curing apparatus comprising a housing (1) for receiving a radiation source; a controller for controlling the power supplied to the radiation source (7, 7′); a detector for detecting the type of radiation source (7, 7′) and for feeding a signal to the controller in order to alter the power supplied accordingly.
Claims10
A print curing apparatus, comprising:
- a housing for receiving a radiation source;
- at least first and second interchangeable cassettes, wherein the first cassette includes a mercury arc radiation source and the second cassette includes a LED radiation source;
- a single power supply operable in an ARC mode to supply AC power and in an LED mode to supply DC power;
- a controller for controlling the power supplied to the radiation source by the power supply based on the type of cassette, and
- a detector for detecting the type of radiation source by detecting the type of cassette that is inserted and for feeding a signal to the controller in order to alter the power supplied accordingly;
- wherein the power supply is operated in the ARC mode by the controller when the first cassette having the mercury arc radiation source is detected by the detector and is operated in the LED mode by the controller when the second cassette having the LED radiation source is detected by the detector.
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A print curing method, comprising the steps of
- i) inserting a radiation source into a housing of a print curing apparatus wherein the housing allows for insertion of alternative radiation sources from at least first and second interchangeable cassettes, wherein the first cassette includes a mercury arc radiation source and the second cassette includes a LED radiation source;
- ii) detecting the type of radiation source by detecting the type of cassette that is inserted;
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- iii) controlling the power supply to the radiation source by a single power supply operable in an ARC mode to supply AC power and in an LED mode to supply DC power based on the type of cassette, wherein the power supply is operated in the ARC mode when the first cassette having the mercury arc radiation source is detected by the detector and is operated in the LED mode when the second cassette having the LED radiation source is detected by the detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.