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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1985
Gerald R Bradley, Sayre, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus for printing discrete patterns on a web of indefinite length comprising a printing station, a curing zone and a cutting station at which the web is cut into sections, each comprising the printed matter. The web is advanced stepwise and at the printing station the pattern is imprinted in one or more colors with a sublimable dye composition. The curing zone comprises a heated tower against the surfaces of which the web is pressed during movement of the web to cure the dye composition. Two pairs of rollers cooperate to cause the web to contact the tower surfaces during the web movement and to separate the web from such surfaces during printing and cutting of the web which is cut into sections at the cutting station after it leaves the tower. Control apparatus synchronizes the movement of the web with the printing, curing and cutting operations.