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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. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terrence Wohl, Bartlett, IL (US);
Peter Atkinson, Streamwood, IL (US);
Danny R Hessert, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Assignee:
Trans Tech America, Inc., Carol Stream, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 39 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for pad printing images around cylindrical items. The apparatus includes a gravure plate, image, a flexible ink transfer pad for receiving an ink image from the gravure plate and transferring the image onto a flat silicon ink transfer plate, and a flat silicon pressure plate for engaging a cylindrical item positioned on the ink transfer plate and rolling the cylindrical item across the ink transfer plate for applying the image about the outer periphery of the cylindrical item in a continuous one step operation.