Flexible membrane printing apparatus for a decorating machine
CA 1195877 A · Owner: Corning Glass Works · Inventors: Rajnik, Lawrence S.
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The apparatus of the present invention includes a flexible membrane pickup surface for receiving thereon one or more color portions of a design. A backing member is provided in opposition to a design receiving side of the membrane to rigidly locate it in a plane while receiving the color. Said backing member has pore openings therein coupled to a source of reduced atmosphere for drawing the membrane thereagainst. In a printing mode the membrane is pressed against a ware surface by means of a pressing head having a shape causing a selected contact angle across the ware surface.
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- Granted October 29, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 29, 2002.
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