Patent ID: 8607699
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A rotating cliché pad printer comprising: a frame; a flat cliché plate operably mounted to the frame, the flat cliché plate including at least two etched regions adapted to receive ink thereon, the flat cliché plate being stationary during a printing process; an ink cup configured to reside on the flat cliché plate and to deposit ink into each of the at least-two etched regions, the ink cup being rotatable in a circular path about an axis extending through the flat cliché plate; and a pad applicator including at least two pads each corresponding to one of the at least two etched regions on the flat cliché plate, the pads being adapted to rotate and to reciprocate, to simultaneously move into and out of contact with the corresponding etched regions and to simultaneously contact an associated object, wherein the reciprocating movement being vertical, into and out of contact with flat cliché plate at a first inking position and into and out of contact with the object to which the ink is transferred at a second printing position, the rotational movement being between the first inking position and the second printing position.