(19)
(11) EP 0 710 553 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.05.1996 Bulletin 1996/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.05.1996 Bulletin 1996/19

(21) Application number: 95307666.8

(22) Date of filing: 27.10.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B41F 16/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 28.10.1994 JP 19940265745
18.11.1994 JP 19940285158

(71) Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Okuda, Sadanao, c/o Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Tojima, Takahito, c/o Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Isozaki, Takashi, c/o Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Harvey, David Gareth, et al 
Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN (GB)

   


(54) Transfer printing machine


(57) A transfer printing machine comprises a press-plate drum (13), a transfer body (15), and a press roller (23); the press-plate drum (13), which is rotatable, contains a printing ink feeding means (11) and includes a press-plate (S) on its outer peripheral surface. The transfer body (15) is rotated at a rotational speed different from that of the press-plate drum (13) in the state of being in contact with the press-plate drum for receiving a printing ink image from the press-plate (S) of the press-plate drum, and the press roller (23) is adapted to impress an article (P) to be printed to the image of printing ink image formed on the transfer body (15), thereby printing the image ink on the article (P).







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