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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2021
Agfa NV, Mortsel, BE;
Luc De Roeck, Mortsel, BE;
Agfa NV, Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
Method of decorating natural leather with an inkjet printer which comprises: —a first vacuum belt () for conveying an unwoven fabric () which is configured as a second vacuum belt, for conveying under an inkjet print head () a natural leather (); and wherein the method comprises: —applying from an adhesive tape-roll an adhesive tape () as a continuous sheet against the unwoven fabric wherein said adhesive tape () has an adhesive side and opposite side and the opposite side is in contact with the unwoven fabric; —applying a natural leather () on the adhesive side of the adhesive tape (); —conveying the applied natural leather by moving the first vacuum belt () whereby the unwoven fabric () is moving by suction power through the first vacuum belt () and the applied adhesive tape () is moving by said suction power through said unwoven fabric () under an inkjet print head (); —marking the applied natural leather with jetted droplets of the inkjet print head () for decorating said natural leather while the adhesive tape () is attached to the unwoven fabric ().