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Title:
PRINTING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005120843
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention provides a printing apparatus for printing a heat shrinkable flattened plastica tubing or other elongate printable medium. The apparatus in one aspect comprises means for feeding at least one printable medium over a printer head, a means to control the sequence of printing operations on the medium, wherein the apparatus further comprises a return feed assembly to return the printable medium printed on a first face thereof inverted into the printing apparatus and off-set relative to where it was first fed passed the print head for printing onto the obverse face of the medium. In a further aspect the apparatus comprises a guide member proximate the printing head and extending transversely to the direction of travel of the printable medium, and having one or more slot-shaped apertures therein, the or each to receive a respective length of printable medium therethrough.

Inventors:
MICHAELSON NICHOLAS DAVID (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2005/002246
Publication Date:
May 26, 2006
Filing Date:
June 07, 2005
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Assignee:
SILVER FOX LTD (GB)
MICHAELSON NICHOLAS DAVID (GB)
International Classes:
B41J15/00; B41J3/407; B41J3/60; B41J15/22
Foreign References:
USRE37511E2002-01-15
GB2387142A2003-10-08
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 014, no. 432 (M - 1026) 17 September 1990 (1990-09-17)
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