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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2006
Lloyd Douglas Clark, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian a Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lloyd Douglas Clark, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian A Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A deformable pad () for pad printing has an initially flat side () and an opposite bulged side (). An ink image () is applied to the flat side of the pad using an inkjet head () or other ink image source. The pad is then distorted using a ram () or hydrostatic or pneumatic source applied to a chamber () so that the initially bulged side is flattened and the initially flat side bulges. After distortion, the now bulged side with the ink image is pressed against a receiving surface for transfer of the ink image to the surface. An alternative embodiment starts by deforming a pad to produce a flat surface, inking the surface with an image, then allowing the pad to relax, rendering the previously flat, image-bearing surface newly bulged. The newly-bulged surface is then temporarily urged against a receiving surface for transfer of the ink image.