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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1988
Richard W Duce, Clio, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A rotary indirect printing assembly for printing objects to be sequentially cycled past the assembly including a printing drum presenting a printing surface and a platform with the printing drum rotatably supported upon the platform. The assembly also includes a transfer roller presenting a transfer surface with the transfer roller rotatably supported upon the platform and rotating in time with the printing drum. The printing surface of the printing drum and the transfer surface of the transfer roller are in tangential rotational contact with respect to each other to transfer an ink image from the printing surface to the transfer surface to transfer the image to an object as an object is sequentially cycled past the assembly. The printing drum and the transfer roller are disposed vertically with respect to the platform.