US4141231A
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Machine for applying patterns to a substrate
Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Peter Zimmer AG
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Filing: 1976-07-28
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Granted: 1979-02-27
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Expires: 1996-07-28
Abstract
Abstract A substrate to be patterned, such as a textile web, is moved past an array of nozzles with discharge orifices closely spaced from its surface, the substrate being firmly backed at locations confronting the nozzles by being drawn against a supporting conveyor or by being led around rollers. The nozzles are electromagnetically operated by needle valves, the valve needles being carried by membranes under substantially balanced pressures from the printing liquor and from a fluid such as compressed air. The electromagnetic coils are energized by a generator of short current pulses separated by a low holding current, the generator including two complementary power transistors in series with a coil winding. A dyestuff applicator carrying one or more of such nozzles may be transversely displaceable across the substrate, under the control of a programmer, between intermittent advances of the substrate in its longitudinal direction.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans Kudlich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 17:23
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06B; D06B11/00; D06B11/0056; D06B11/0059; B; B05; B05B; B05B1/00; B05B1/30; B05B1/3033; B05B1/304; B05B1/3046; B05B1/3053
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A machine for applying a pattern to a substrate, comprising: applicator means including at least one nozzle for spraying dyestuff onto a substrate to be patterned, said nozzle being provided with a discharge orifice and with valve means for controlling the rate of discharge of dyestuff through said orifice; transport means including a perforated conveyor for moving said substrate past said nozzle in the immediate vicinity of said orifice, said transport means including a support roller confronting said nozzle for backstopping a portion of said substrate sprayed with said dyestuff; and suction means for drawing said portion of said substrate onto said conveyor in the vicinity of said nozzle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
A machine for applying a pattern to a substrate, comprising: applicator means including at least one nozzle for spraying dyestuff onto a substrate to be patterned, said nozzle being provided with a discharge orifice and with valve means for controlling the rate of discharge of dyestuff through said orifice; transport means including a perforated conveyor for moving said substrate past said nozzle in the immediate vicinity of said orifice, said transport means including a support roller confronting said nozzle for backstopping a portion of said substrate sprayed with said dyestuff; and suction means for drawing said portion of said substrate onto said conveyor in the vicinity of said nozzle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A machine as defined in claim 1 wherein said suction means comprises a vacuum chamber open toward said conveyor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A machine as defined in claim 2 wherein said vacuum chamber is provided with an adjustable lid positionable alongside said substrate for covering a part of said vacuum chamber extending beyond the width of said substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A machine as defined in claim 2 wherein said vacuum chamber is provided with an adjustable internal partition for shutting off a part of said vacuum chamber extending beyond the width of said substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
141 words
A machine for applying a pattern to a substrate, comprising: applicator means including at least one nozzle for spraying dyestuff onto a substrate to be patterned, said nozzle being provided with a discharge orifice and with valve means for controlling the rate of discharge of dyestuff through said orifice; transport means for moving said substrate past said nozzle in the immediate vicinity of said orifice, said transport means including a perforated conveyor confronting said nozzle for backstopping a portion of said substrate sprayed with said dyestuff; and suction means for drawing said portion of said substance onto said conveyor in the vicinity of said nozzle, said suction means including a vacuum chamber open toward said conveyor and provided with an adjustable lid positionable alongside said substrate for covering a part of said vacuum chamber extending beyond the width of said substrate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
141 words
A machine for applying a pattern to a substrate, comprising: applicator means including at least one nozzle for spraying dyestuff onto a substrate to be patterned, said nozzle being provided with a discharge orifice and with valve means for controlling the rate of discharge of dyestuff through said orifice; transport means for moving said substrate past said nozzle in the immediate vicinity of said orifice, said transport means including a perforated conveyor confronting said nozzle for backstopping a portion of said substrate sprayed with said dyestuff; and suction means for drawing said portion of said substance onto said conveyor in the vicinity of said nozzle, said suction means including a vacuum chamber open toward said conveyor and provided with an adjustable lid positionable alongside said substrate for covering a part of said vacuum chamber extending beyond the width of said substrate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
A machine as defined in claim 5 wherein said roller is one of several rollers forming part of said transport means, said rollers defining a curvilinear path for said substrate, said path being convex toward said nozzle whereby said portion of said substrate bends about the roller opposite said orifice.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A machine as defined in claim 6 wherein said transport means further includes tensioning means upstream of said rollers for longitudinally stressing said substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
113 words
A machine for applying a pattern to a substrate, comprising: applicator means including at least one nozzle for spraying dyestuff onto a substrate to be patterned, said nozzle being provided with a discharge orifice and with valve means for controlling the rate of discharge of dyestuff through said orifice, said valve means including a valve needle provided with electromagnetic actuating means for selectively blocking and unblocking said orifice by displacing said needle along an orifice axis; and transport means for moving said substrate past said nozzle in the immediate vicinity of said orifice, said transport means including support means confronting said nozzle for backstopping a portion of said substrate sprayed with said dyestuff.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
113 words
A machine for applying a pattern to a substrate, comprising: applicator means including at least one nozzle for spraying dyestuff onto a substrate to be patterned, said nozzle being provided with a discharge orifice and with valve means for controlling the rate of discharge of dyestuff through said orifice, said valve means including a valve needle provided with electromagnetic actuating means for selectively blocking and unblocking said orifice by displacing said needle along an orifice axis; and transport means for moving said substrate past said nozzle in the immediate vicinity of said orifice, said transport means including support means confronting said nozzle for backstopping a portion of said substrate sprayed with said dyestuff.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
56 words
A machine as defined in claim 8 wherein said axis is vertical, said applicator means comprising a housing forming a dyestuff chamber bounded by a carrier for said nozzle and by a flexible diaphragm supporting said needle, said actuating means being disposed outside said dyestuff chamber and engaging an extension of said needle penetrating said diaphragm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
A machine as defined in claim 9, further comprising membrane means outside said dyestuff chamber engaging said guiding for axially guiding said needle.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
A machine as defined in claim 10 wherein said membrane means comprises two parallel membranes axially spaced along said extension.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
A machine as defined in claim 11 wherein said membranes are disks provided with radial slits for facilitating axial deflections of their central parts.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
A machine as defined in claim 12 wherein said disks are sheet-metal foils of a thickness not exceeding 1% of their diameters.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
A machine as defined in claim 9 wherein said housing has a space separated by said diaphragm from said dyestuff chamber, further comprising a source of fluid under pressure communicating with an inlet port of said space for substantially balancing the pressure of dyestuff acting upon said diaphragm. inlet
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
A machine as defined in claim 14 wherein said actuating means includes an electromagnetic armature in said space disposed between said inlet port and a venting aperture of said housing for cooling of said armature by a flow of escaping pressure fluid.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
A machine as defined in claim 9 wherein said carrier comprises a plate resting against a flat underside of said housing.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
A machine as defined in claim 9 wherein said needle has a stroke of several tenths of a millimeter.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
31 words
A machine as defined in claim 9 wherein said dyestuff chamber is generally cylindrical about said axis and has a tangential entrance for the alternate admission of dyestuff and cleaning fluid.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
62 words
A machine as defined in claim 8 wherein said electromagnetic actuating means comprises a generally disk-shaped armature centered on said axis, said armature having an axial thickness which increases from the disk periphery inwardly over a first fraction of a radius, then remains substantially constant over a second fraction of a radius and thereafter decreases over a third fraction of a radius.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
57 words
A machine as defined in claim 19 wherein said electromagnetic actuating means further comprises a magnetically permeable coil holder forming a substantially cylindrical sleeve which converges frustoconically toward the disk periphery, the electromagnetic cross-section of said armature along annular zones centered on said axis being about half the magnetic cross-section of said holder along said cylindrical sleeve.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-02-26 | 1986-08-28 | 1987-02-27 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-02-26 | 1990-08-28 | 1991-02-27 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |