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EP1777162A1 - Impression d'emballages sur une ligne de convoyage - Google Patents

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EP1777162A1
EP1777162A1 EP05023004A EP05023004A EP1777162A1 EP 1777162 A1 EP1777162 A1 EP 1777162A1 EP 05023004 A EP05023004 A EP 05023004A EP 05023004 A EP05023004 A EP 05023004A EP 1777162 A1 EP1777162 A1 EP 1777162A1
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Janos Karaszi
Karoly Varga
Karoly Tamas
Arpad Kriszt
Béla Matyus
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British American Tobacco Germany GmbH
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British American Tobacco Germany GmbH
BAT Cigarettenfabriken GmbH
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Priority to EP05023004A priority Critical patent/EP1777162A1/fr
Priority to SG200606362-2A priority patent/SG131841A1/en
Priority to ARP060104579 priority patent/AR056141A1/es
Publication of EP1777162A1 publication Critical patent/EP1777162A1/fr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/28—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes, envelopes, e.g. flat-bed ink-jet printers
    • B41J3/286—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes, envelopes, e.g. flat-bed ink-jet printers on boxes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/54—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
    • B41J3/543—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements with multiple inkjet print heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/26—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages

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  • the present invention relates to conveyor packaging, in particular to printing cigarette packages and packages, which packages are printed by means of printhead technology.
  • conveyor packaging in particular to printing cigarette packages and packages, which packages are printed by means of printhead technology.
  • This is in contrast to the printing of blanks of the packaging, for example in the manufacture of the blank in the printing house, or more generally before the actual packaging of the product, for example the cigarette block.
  • the aim of such a late printing, especially after the packaging of a cigarette block with the blank is usually the exact reproduction of the time of manufacture but also of the manufacturing unit in the print (in plain text or encrypted form).
  • other applications are conceivable, such as an individual printing of packaging parts for advertising purposes, etc.
  • Devices and methods for printing cigarette packages on conveyor lines are, for example, from WO 01/54 986 A1 , of the WO 02/04 297 A1 and the DE 100 04 022 A1 known. Furthermore, the DE 103 11621 A1 and the DE 102 21 837 A1 Methods and systems for identifying cigarette packages or cigarette packaging units.
  • Printing systems that use printhead technology may experience downtime if the nozzles on the printheads become dirty or the image does not print for other reasons Meets requirements. It can also lead to production stoppages when the color supply of such printheads has run out.
  • At least two print heads are provided for the production of an imprint, as well as a controller for their operation and use.
  • an "overcapacity" is actually already provided in normal operation.
  • at least two print heads are provided, each of which could perform the necessary printing work basically alone.
  • two printheads are present to make a single imprint, i.
  • an identical printed on different packs although each of the printheads could apply the imprint on all packs.
  • the printheads can be used simultaneously, at least two of them have different print positions. Furthermore, separate positions may be provided in the system for the printheads that are not currently in use, namely, for example, change, maintenance and parking positions.
  • the system advantageously includes a print quality monitoring system downstream of the print positions, where the monitored print quality is an input to the controller. So, if print quality is not enough, you can use a motion system for the printheads that use the printheads move from the print position to another position or another (or outdated) print head to the print position to restore the required quality.
  • the printheads may be ink-jet printheads, in particular drop-on-demand printheads, as available on the market.
  • the advantages are achieved by making it possible to print at least two printheads using either one or more printheads simultaneously. There is therefore a certain amount of redundancy here, which however allows the entire printing process to be carried out with a single print head, so that silent start times can be avoided.
  • the print In the basic working state, the print can be created by at least two print heads, which alternately print packs or outer packagings. In other working conditions, the imprint can also be created by only one print head.
  • a controller controls the operation and deployment of the printheads, and specifically, the print positions are followed by a print quality monitoring system, the monitored print quality being used as an input to the controller. Further, the controller may control the movement of the printheads into positions where they are deployed when not in use, particularly in change, maintenance, and park positions.
  • the invention may also be described as providing a printing system consisting of multiple printheads, preferably two heads, more preferably two ink jet heads.
  • each of these printheads has its own printing position, cleaning position, and parking position (which prevents the ink from drying when using inkjet printheads).
  • the monitoring system may, in the event of a deviation from quality standards, issue a message to a downstream ejection station where appropriate packets are ejected become.
  • the cleaning or renewal of the printhead can be caused, which is responsible for the lack of quality.
  • the printheads always print certain packages in the sequence.
  • the first printhead always prints the packages with the odd numbers, that is, the packs # 1, 3, 5, 7 ....
  • the second printhead prints the "even" packs # 2, 4, 6, 8 ....
  • the monitoring system can establish a direct association with the print quality of the two printheads.
  • the mechanics and electronics of the printheads are designed so that each printhead alone could print on all packages without reducing the production speed of the packaging machine.
  • the other printhead can print the packages of the defective printhead.
  • the defective printhead simultaneously travels to the cleaning station on a provided print head guide or is replaced. In this way, the production process can be maintained, even if a printhead provides poor quality.
  • Corresponding arrangements with 3, 4 or more printheads are possible. However, these are generally only necessary if a second print head can not reach the 100% higher print speed if one print head fails. By using a three- or four-headed printing system, the increase in printing speed would be 50% and 33%, respectively. A somewhat more complicated but quite realizable leadership, mechanics and control will be necessary.
  • an additional printhead could be provided according to the invention, which waits in a parking position for the failure of a printhead in operation. This makes the system even more independent of fast replacement of empty or defective printheads.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a printing system according to the invention. Shown is from above a conveyor belt 3, are promoted on the cigarette packs 1 in the arrow direction. Further, Fig. 1, as well as Figs. 2 and 3, respectively show printing positions 7a and 7b for two ink jet printing heads 5a and 5b, cleaning positions 9a, 9b and parking positions 11a and 11b for the printing heads 5a, 5b.
  • the normal operating condition i. the printing system shown under normal production conditions.
  • the individual cigarette packs 1 are transported on the conveyor belt 3, and they can stand on the narrow side or on any other side. If necessary, they are laterally supported by bands or rails (not shown).
  • the two print heads 5a, 5b are shown in their printing position 7a, 7b; the respective position with the print head is filled in black.
  • FIG. 2 now shows the state when a printhead fails, namely when the printhead 5a fails. For example, if the nozzles of the printhead 5a are clogged, this will translate into a reduced print quality for the packs labeled a in Figure 1.
  • a monitoring unit 2 recognizes the reduced print quality and forwards it to a controller for a print head guide system, both of which are not shown for the sake of clarity.
  • FIG. 2 shows the state which occurs when the print head guidance system has moved the print head 5a out of the print position 7a into the cleaning position 9a. In this state, the print head 5b takes over the task of the defective print head; he works twice as fast and each of the packages is now labeled by the printhead 5b; she carries the mark marked b. In position 9a, the print head 5a is cleaned, after which it can be returned to its place of use 7a.
  • Fig. 3 shows a state where an ink cartridge of the print head 5b is empty.
  • the print head 5b is moved to the parking position 11b where the cartridge can be changed, and this time the print head 5a takes over the task of the empty print head 5b; he works twice as fast and marks all packs, as indicated by the letter a on each labeled pack.
  • the printhead 5b After the replacement of the empty cartridge, the printhead 5b also returns to its printing position 7b and the condition of Fig. 1, i. the normal operating state is restored.

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EP05023004A EP1777162A1 (fr) 2005-10-21 2005-10-21 Impression d'emballages sur une ligne de convoyage
SG200606362-2A SG131841A1 (en) 2005-10-21 2006-09-14 On-line package printing system
ARP060104579 AR056141A1 (es) 2005-10-21 2006-10-19 Sistema de impresion de envases en cadena

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US5534897A (en) 1993-07-01 1996-07-09 Xerox Corporation Ink jet maintenance subsystem
US5587730A (en) * 1994-09-30 1996-12-24 Xerox Corporation Redundant full width array thermal ink jet printing for improved reliability
US6231251B1 (en) 1998-02-13 2001-05-15 Allen Coding Systems Limited Printing apparatus with a printhead rotatable between a printing position and a service position
EP0963854A2 (fr) * 1998-05-25 1999-12-15 Konica Corporation Imprimante à jets d'encre du type en-ligne
US20030174185A1 (en) 2000-01-31 2003-09-18 Johnson Eric Joseph Print cartridge servicing for an inkjet printing system using stationary print cartridges
US6406126B1 (en) * 2000-08-24 2002-06-18 Eastman Kodak Company Multiple head inkjet printer for producing adjacent images
DE10041843A1 (de) * 2000-08-25 2002-03-14 Rena Informationstech Gmbh Drucker mit mehreren Druckköpfen
WO2002047911A2 (fr) 2000-12-13 2002-06-20 Rena Informationstechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg Imprimante a jet d'encre permettant notamment de marquer des produits d'expedition
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US20040233241A1 (en) * 2003-05-20 2004-11-25 The Procter & Gamble Company Method of inkjet printing in high efficiency production of hygienic articles
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