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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Joseph Hollands, Baarlo, NL;
Wilhelmus Antonius Maria Schreurs, Tegelen, NL;
Guido Gerardus Willems, Venlo, NL;
Antonius Johannes Jozef Van Gerven, Grubbenvorst, NL;
Reinier Jan Ramekers, Oostrum, NL;
Assignee:
Oce-Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/540 ; B29C 4/573 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/540 ; B29C 4/573 ;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing pellets of hot-melt ink which includes the steps of filling molten ink into a mold cavity defined by a first die and a second die of a mold, allowing the ink to cool down and solidify in the mold cavity, and heating at least one of the first and second dies for re-melting the surface of the ink pellet to facilitate its removal from the mold cavity.