Patent ID: 6152068
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B29C,B29L,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for printing a continuous web of flexible material comprising in combination:a base frame including a supply arrangement for said flexible material, a control roller about which said flexible material extends, and a collecting arrangement for receiving said flexible material after it passes about said control roller, anda cart removably connected to said base frame, said cart including a storage tank for dye material, a circulating fluid reservoir for said dye material, fluid transfer conduits interconnecting said storage tank and said circulating fluid reservoir, a pump for circulating dye material from said storage tank through said circulating reservoir, and a fluid pick-up roller adjacent to said circulating fluid reservoir so as to be in fluid contact with dye material in said circulating fluid reservoir for directly or indirectly delivering said dye material to said flexible material, wherein said cart includes a print head movable relative to and removable from said cart, said print head including said circulating fluid reservoir and said pick-up roller, and wherein said base frame includes a connecting system for releasably connecting said print head to said base frame to assure proper delivery of said dye material from said pick-up roller to said flexible material.