Patent ID: 9044967
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A marking apparatus for marking an object comprising: a marking head having a plurality of receiving spaces for individual marking devices and a driving mechanism for providing a relative movement of the object relative to the marking head in an advance direction during a marking operation, wherein the receiving spaces are arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, such that an array of receiving spaces with a rectangular pattern of the receiving spaces is formed, and wherein the array of receiving spaces is tilted with regard to the advance direction such that the rows extend in a transverse direction relative to the advance direction and the receiving spaces of a successive row of the rectangular pattern are offset with regard to the receiving spaces of a preceding row of the rectangular pattern in a direction perpendicular to the advance direction, wherein wherein a lens array comprising a plurality of lenses is provided, wherein the lenses are arranged in a rectangular pattern of rows and columns corresponding to the rectangular pattern of rows and columns of the receiving spaces.