US 12,263,670 B1
Printing unit comprising an alignment device, non-impact printing position, and curing device
Angèle Monney, Fribourg (CH); Michael Müller, Karlstadt (DE); and Emmanuel Thony, Rennaz (CH)
Assigned to KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/842,139
Filed by KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
PCT Filed May 25, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/064019
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/247134, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 115 536.6 (DE), filed on Jun. 22, 2022.
Int. Cl. B41F 15/08 (2006.01); B41F 5/24 (2006.01); B41F 11/02 (2006.01); B41F 13/00 (2006.01); B41F 19/00 (2006.01); B41F 21/10 (2006.01); B41F 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41F 21/102 (2013.01) [B41F 5/24 (2013.01); B41F 11/02 (2013.01); B41F 13/0024 (2013.01); B41F 15/0809 (2013.01); B41F 19/007 (2013.01); B41F 23/0453 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing unit, the printing unit comprising at least one first tool-dependent printing nip formed by a pair of cooperating rotational bodies; and the printing unit, along a transport path provided for a transport of substrate, downstream from the first tool-dependent printing nip comprising at least one first alignment cylinder which, in the region of the outer circumference thereof, comprises a plurality of elements inducing a magnetic field; and the printing unit, along the transport path provided for the transport of substrate, downstream from the first tool-dependent printing nip comprising at least one first non-impact printing position, to which at least one first print head is assigned; and the printing unit, along the transport path provided for the transport of substrate, downstream from the first non-impact printing position comprising at least one first curing device, having a first curing area assigned thereto, characterized in that the printing unit, along the transport path provided for the transport of substrate, downstream from the at least one first alignment cylinder comprises at least one second alignment cylinder, and that the printing unit, along the transport path provided for the transport of substrate, downstream from the first alignment cylinder comprises at least one second non-impact printing position, to which at least one second print head is assigned, and that the printing unit, along the transport path provided for the transport of substrate, downstream from the second non-impact printing position comprises at least one second curing device, having a second curing area assigned thereto, and that, in the region of the first non-impact printing position, the transport path provided for the transport of substrate is defined by the first alignment cylinder or a rotational transport body arranged directly upstream from the first alignment cylinder.