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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:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Werner Noll, Huebingen, DE;
Werner Noll, Huebingen, DE;
Ball Packaging Europe GmbH, Ratingen, DE;
Abstract
A method for decorating an uneven surface of a dimensionally stable object is disclosed. According to the method, the object to be decorated and a digital, contactless printing head are moved in relation to one another during the printing operation and the printing head is controlled by a control unit in order to dispense ink. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: a control program is created to control the printing head in accordance with the height profile of the uneven surface to be decorated of the object; the position of the surface to be decorated is detected in relation to the printing head; and the digital printing head is controlled using the program that has been created. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
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