US 11,986,976 B2
Device and method for mass decoration of ceramic products
Franco Stefani, Sassuolo (IT); Mohamed Ouassif, Sassuolo (IT); and Andrea Annovi, Corlo di Formigine (IT)
Assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A., Fiorano Modenese (IT)
Appl. No. 17/263,249
Filed by SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A., Fiorano Modenese (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/056485
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/026136, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000007720 (IT), filed on Aug. 1, 2018; and application No. 102018000007729 (IT), filed on Aug. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0162627 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. B28B 13/02 (2006.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B28B 5/02 (2006.01); B28B 7/46 (2006.01); B28B 17/00 (2006.01); B30B 11/00 (2006.01); B30B 15/30 (2006.01)
CPC B28B 13/022 (2013.01) [B28B 1/005 (2013.01); B28B 5/021 (2013.01); B28B 7/46 (2013.01); B28B 17/0081 (2013.01); B30B 11/005 (2013.01); B30B 15/302 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decoration device for mass decoration of ceramic products, comprising: a support surface (2); a distributor (21), configured to deposit a layer (L) of granular material or powder material on the support surface (2); a pressing device (P), configured to press the layer (L); characterised in that it comprises: a dispensing device (4), configured to apply, on the support surface (2) and/or on the layer (L), a decorative layer (3) of granular material or powder material; an accumulation belt (T1), contiguous and aligned to the support surface (2), which is located at a lower height than the support surface (2), wherein the support surface (2) and the accumulation belt (T1) are positioned upstream of the pressing device and provided with independent motor means and move with different advancement speeds; a control module for the dispensing device (4), provided with a processing algorithm configured to modify an initial longitudinal extension of the decorative layer (3) with respect to a predicted final longitudinal extension according to a difference in the advancement speeds between the support surface (2) and the accumulation belt (T1) upstream of the pressing device.