METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING A SUBSTRATE

• Main Authors: Levy, Michael Jon, Praharaj, Seemit, Condello, Anthony S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.08.2019
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; COLOUR PRINTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LAUNDERING; LINING MACHINES; MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNERANALOGOUS TO PAPER; MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD ORMATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; STAMPS; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TYPEWRITERS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUSTO PAPER

An apparatus and method for embossing a substrate are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an embossing platform, a printhead to dispense ink on the embossing platform in a desired raised pattern on the embossing platform, a press to apply a load against a substrate placed on the desired raised pattern and the embossing platform to emboss the desired raised pattern onto the substrate, and an ink removal device to remove the ink that is dispensed on the embossing platform in the desired raised pattern.