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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2010
Christopher T. Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US);
Christopher J. Sobaszek, Orland Park, IL (US);
Christopher T. Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US);
Christopher J. Sobaszek, Orland Park, IL (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A digital cliché pad printing system includes a conveyor for conveying a substantially non-elastic support medium, a material deposition jetting device for depositing a curable material onto the support in a desired pattern, the desired pattern having at least one void space, means for curing the material in the desired pattern, the cured material defining a cliché having a top surface, an ink delivery system for depositing ink in the at least one void space and for wiping ink from the top surface and a pad configured to contact the cliché to transfer ink from the void space to the pad the pad also configured to move into contact with an object to which the ink is transferred. A digital cliché media and method are also disclosed.