Patent ID: 9358780
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B05B,B05C,B25J,B41F,B41J

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating surfaces of objects with fluids, the method comprising the following steps: providing a robot arm having an end; providing an inkjet print head as a first tool attached to the end of the robot arm; providing a dryer tool as a second tool attached to the end of the robot arm; applying a fluid in a first section and a second section of a curved surface using the first tool having a computer-controlled movement; intermittently further treating the fluid in the first section and the second section using the second tool having a computer-controlled movement; adapting a time lag, between the steps of applying the fluid to the object and intermittently further treating the fluid, to a spreading behavior of the fluid; carrying out the steps of applying the fluid in the first section and the second section and intermittently further treating the fluid in the first section and the second section with the adapted time lag set between a first displacement of the first tool in a direction and a second displacement of the second tool in the same direction; and carrying out a return displacement between the first and second displacements.