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(11) | EP 1 167 030 A8 |
(12) | CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Printing device and printing method |
(57) A tire (12), for example, is nipped by a pair of bead portion support members (86)
and filled with an internal pressure. Logo marks printed on a transfer film are positioned
in front of the tire (12) at a transfer position at which the logo marks are to be
transferred or printed to the tire. The transfer film (114) is pressed by thermal
plates (126) onto the side portions of the tire (12) so that the logo marks are transferred
onto the side portions thereof. In short, the present invention provides a printing
device and a printing method capable of effectively printing clear indications on
the side portions of a toroidal-shaped body such as a tire. |