Global Patent Index - EP 2340936 A1

EP 2340936 A1 20110706 - Method and device for supplying foil to a printing press

Title (en)

Method and device for supplying foil to a printing press

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Zuführung von Folie zu einer Druckmaschine

Title (fr)

Procédé et dispositif pour alimenter un film dans une machine d'impression

Publication

EP 2340936 A1 20110706 (EN)

Application

EP 09016090 A 20091229

Priority

EP 09016090 A 20091229

Abstract (en)

In order to realize efficient use of foil (3) in a printing process, a method and a device for supplying foil (3) to a printing press have been developed, which are suitable to be applied for re-using a length of foil (3) which has already been used in a printing process. In a practical embodiment of the device, a foil re-use unit (15) is present, which is adapted to receive a used length of foil (3) from the printing press, to change a mutual position of the length of foil (3) and the printing press, and to feed the length of foil (3) back to the printing press. By changing the mutual position as mentioned, it is ensured that portions of a substrate to which a layer of the foil (3) needs to be transferred are covered by unused portions of the length of foil (3).

IPC 8 full level

B41F 13/06 (2006.01); B41F 19/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41F 13/06 (2013.01); B41F 19/062 (2013.01); B65H 23/32 (2013.01); B41P 2219/50 (2013.01); B41P 2219/60 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4148 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5162 (2013.01); B65H 2801/21 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2340936 A1 20110706

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09016090 A 20091229