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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melvin E. Kamen, Highlands, NJ (US);
Marvin Wells, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Deco Patents, Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 1/512 ; B41F 1/530 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 1/512 ; B41F 1/530 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for decorating cylindrical articles using direct rotary screen printing of a UV radiation curable composition in various predetermined patterns and registrations. A rotary screen printing assembly is arranged in either a horizontal or vertical orientation to achieve production rates of about at least 250 articles per minute, and up to 1000 articles per minute. The UV radiation curable compositions are at least partially cured between a plurality of screen printing workstations using a UV radiation source.