US 12,134,207 B2
Machine for dry decoration of tiles
Paolo Vaccari, Modena (IT); Franco Gozzi, Formigine (IT); and Franco Stefani, Sassuolo (IT)
Assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A., Fiorano Modenese (IT)
Appl. No. 17/311,126
Filed by SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A., Fiorano Modenese (IT)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/060214
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/121098, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000010925 (IT), filed on Dec. 10, 2018; and application No. 102019000012948 (IT), filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379794 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 31/06 (2006.01); B28B 5/02 (2006.01); B28B 13/02 (2006.01); B30B 5/06 (2006.01); B30B 15/30 (2006.01)
CPC B28B 13/022 (2013.01) [B28B 5/021 (2013.01); B28B 13/028 (2013.01); B29C 31/066 (2013.01); B30B 5/06 (2013.01); B30B 15/308 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for dry decoration of ceramic slabs or tiles, characterised in that it comprises:
a support element (10), provided with a plurality of cavities (11) with a pre-established shape;
at least one dispensing device (20), configured to deposit a pre-fixed amount of powder material inside one or more pre-established cavities (11), wherein the cavities (11) comprise a plurality of elongate grooves, parallel to one another and continuous in the longitudinal direction;
an unloading device (30), configured to move the cavities (11) from a loading position, in which they can receive the powder material from the dispensing device (20), to an unloading position, in which they can unload the powder material;
wherein the dispensing device (20) comprises a number of dispensing elements, placed consecutively, one next to the other, transversely and above an upper portion of the support element (10), each of which being controlled digitally so as to open and close, and each of which is configured to dispense the powder material into one or more cavities (11) selected in advance.