Patent ID: 9180656
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B41F,B41M,B41N

Abstract:
1. A contact printing system comprising a gravure cylinder having a first and a second plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof, a cell of said first plurality of discrete cells being capable of receiving a first portion of a fluid from a first reservoir and a cell of said second plurality of discrete cells being capable of receiving a second portion of said fluid from a second reservoir, said first and second reservoirs each being disposed at a position internal to said gravure cylinder, said first and second portions of said fluid being fluidically displaceable into said respective first and second reservoirs through at least one channel having a single entry point at a position external to said gravure cylinder, a first exit point into said first reservoir, and a second exit point into said second reservoir, and wherein said at least one channel provides fluid communication of said first and second portions of said fluid from said position external to said gravure cylinder to each of said respective first and second reservoirs.