Patent ID: 6575093
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A machine (10) for printing on flat supports (11), equipped with one or more printing heads (12) fed by respective ink reservoirs (13), wherein said one or more printing heads (12) are supported by equipment (14) arranged in a mobile manner in at least two perpendicular directions, wherein said one or more printing heads (12) are associated with at least two ultraviolet lamps (UV) (20, 21), which are also made mobile by said equipment (14), wherein said UV lamps (20, 21) are arranged on the side of the one or more printing heads (12), wherein said UV lamps (20, 21) are contained within box-like bodies (22, 23), respectively, which open or close in their lower portions, wherein each of said box-like bodies (22, 23) is equipped with pivoting walls (33, 34) connected by levers (31, 32) to gears (28, 29) actuated by double racks (30), wherein said box-like bodies (22, 23) are connected to flexible tubes (24, 25) receiving air from fans (26, 27), wherein the group constituted of said UV lamps (20, 21) and of said box-like bodies (22, 23) as well as of said flexible tubes (24, 25) and said fans (26, 27) is firmly attached to said equipment (14) and moves together with the same.