DISPOSABLE CUP INSERT FOR PAD PRINTING AND DECORATING

摘要

A liquid supply assembly for use with a printing system of a type in which a liquid is deposited from the liquid supply assembly in a receiving region on a plate and any excess of the liquid in the receiving region is scraped from the plate by the liquid supply assembly. To this end, the liquid supply assembly employs a reusable cup, a disposable cup insert and a scraping element. As assembled, the reusable cup includes a reusable liquid reservoir, the disposable cup insert includes a temporary liquid reservoir holding the liquid within the reusable liquid reservoir, and the scraping element includes a conduit facilitating a flow of the liquid held by the temporary liquid reservoir through the conduit to the plate.

主权项

1. A disposable cup insert for holding ink for a printing system that includes a reusable hollow body and a doctor blade, the reusable hollow body having a first end and a first flange extending around the first end, the doctor blade positioned outside the first end of the reusable hollow body to define a conduit through which the ink flows onto a cliché plate for applying the ink to one or more objects via the cliché plate, the disposable cup insert comprising:
a hollow reservoir body formed from a closed base and an opposite open outlet, the hollow reservoir body defining a liquid reservoir for holding the ink for the printing system, the open outlet having an outwardly protruding flange extending around the open outlet, wherein the outwardly protruding flange of the hollow reservoir body is shaped to sit within a seat formed by the first flange of the reusable hollow body such that a seal is positioned between two or more of the reusable hollow body, the hollow reservoir body, or the doctor ring to secure the hollow reservoir body to the reusable hollow body.