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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Samuel Peterson, Sycamore, IL (US);
Christopher Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US);
Sigi Knappik, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Christopher Williamson, Winfield, IL (US);
Samuel Peterson, Sycamore, IL (US);
Christopher Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US);
Sigi Knappik, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Christopher Williamson, Winfield, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A doctor assembly for a pad printing system includes a body and a doctor blade. The body has an outer surface and an opposite inner surface that defines a passageway through the body. The inner surface engages a removable pre-filled ink cup to secure the ink cup to the body. The inner surface directs ink from the ink cup through the passageway toward an ink-receiving surface of a cliché device. The doctor blade is coupled with the body and engages the cliché device. The doctor blade wipes the ink along the cliché device as the body laterally moves relative to the cliché device. The doctor blade is coupled with the body such that the doctor blade is laterally spaced apart from the inner surface of the body.