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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2006
John E. Lafleche, Tolland, CT (US);
Russell F. Croft, Tolland, CT (US);
Charles H. Doodley, Stanford, CT (US);
John E. Lafleche, Tolland, CT (US);
Russell F. Croft, Tolland, CT (US);
Charles H. Doodley, Stanford, CT (US);
Gerber Scientific International, Inc., South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
This invention is an advance in coating chemistry, curing technology, related apparatus and the products made thereby. The invention encompasses a substrate bonded to a coating cured, at least in part, cationically by a light having a wavelength in a range of 100 nm to 1200 nm and intensity in a range of 0.0003 W/cm/nm to 0.05 W/cm/nm. Methods and systems for coating substrates and curing the coated products are encompassed. The invention encompasses apparatus and ink jet printers utilizing this curing technology. The invention also includes providing a 'moving shadow' from ultraviolet light that is uniformly distributed over a print zone defined by a path of carriage motion illuminated by the light.