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(11) | EP 1 726 422 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | A roller screen for decoration of tiles with fluid-jet nozzles |
| (57) The device of the invention is applicable to ceramic tile decoration machines mounted
in typical rotary silk screening machines. Essentially the device comprises a net
wound about a roller (1) fixed by ends thereof to flanges (7) and rings (8) connected
to the external machine for support and rotation thereof. The roller (1) is impregnated
with liquid glaze (6) by the doctors (4,5) and nozzles (12) located inside the body
blow a fluid at the net, transferring droplets of glaze (6) entrapped in the net onto
the surface of the tile (3) to be decorated. The nozzles (12) are provided with microvalves
so that a line of a decoration is formed by a predetermined combination of openings
of at least a part of the nozzles (12).
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