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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Plastibec Inc., Quebec, CA;
Inventor:
Angelo Sudano, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
PLASTIBEC INC., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/30 (2006.01); B41M 1/10 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B41F 13/22 (2006.01); B29K 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/30 (2013.01); B29C 48/0023 (2019.02); B41F 13/22 (2013.01); B41M 1/10 (2013.01); B41M 7/009 (2013.01); B29C 2795/007 (2013.01); B29K 2027/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a process and system for direct printing of a decorative pattern onto an extruded PVC slat. The process includes providing a hot extruded PVC slat; directly contacting a surface of the hot extruded PVC slat with a direct printing cylinder as the slat is moved in a downstream direction, where the cylinder has a pattern with a cell structure that receives ink and rotates to directly apply the ink in the form of the pattern onto the surface of the hot extruded PVC slat. The process also includes controlling a temperature of the direct printing cylinder to inhibit drying of the ink while present on the direct printing cylinder.