Patent ID: 9527305
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. An ink jet printing machine including a loading means, a pretreatment station, a printing station and a unloading means, the pretreatment station including a pretreatment device and the printing station including an ink jet printing device, wherein the ink jet printing machine has a high degree of precision in the relative positioning between a surface of an object to be printed and ink ejection nozzles of the printing device, and wherein: the loading means, the pretreatment station, the printing station and the unloading means are mounted on the same frame; the loading means places an object on a first support provided on the frame, said first support defining a first standby position; the pretreatment station includes a first object holder that grips the object on the first support in the first standby position; brings the obj ect into a pretreatment position in front of the pretreatment device; moves the object during a pretreatment process of the object performed by the pretreatment device; and, upon conclusion of the pretreatment process, places the object on a second support provided on the frame, said second support defining a second standby position; the printing station includes a second object holder that grips the object on the second support in the second standby position; brings the said object into a printing position in front of the printing device and maintains the object in this printing position while a printing process is performed on the object by the printing device; moves the object during the printing process performed on the object by the said printing device by rotating the object about an axis, in a manner such that different generatrices of the object pass in front of the printing device; and, upon conclusion of the printing process, transfers the object to the unloading means, the printing device being mounted to be movable in translation relative to the frame, parallel to the axis.