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(11) EP 1 167 030 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
13.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/11

(43) Date of publication:
02.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/01

(21) Application number: 01304895.4

(22) Date of filing: 05.06.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B41F 16/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 16.06.2000 JP 2000182111
08.05.2001 JP 2001137115

(71) Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Tokyo 104-0031 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Wada, Mitsunori
    Chuo-ku, Toyko 104-0031 (JP)
  • Kojio, Takayuki, c/o Bridgestone Corporation
    Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031 (JP)

(74) Representative: Whalley, Kevin 
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(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.