Michael W Back

US Patent:

20110318492, Dec 29, 2011

Filed:

Jun 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/167862

Inventors:

Thomas Lee Nadrchal - Mokena IL, US
John Matthias Nader - Valparaiso IN, US
Thomas James Payer - Valparaiso IN, US
Robert Steven Orto - Valparaiso IN, US
Michael Wayne Back - Crown Point IN, US

Assignee:

GLOBAL WEB FINISHING - Merrillville IN

International Classification:

B05C 1/08
B05D 1/36

US Classification:

427265, 118231, 118204, 118210

Abstract:

A rotary-style coating machine of the type capable of applying coatings to various web substrates in the commercial offset web and/or digital web printing industry. The coating machine includes a coating cylinder and a plate cylinder that are rotatably mounted within the machine. The coating cylinder includes a coating sleeve removably mounted on a mandrel, and the plate cylinder includes a plate sleeve removably mounted on another mandrel. The machine further includes a unit for depositing a coating material on the coating sleeve as the coating cylinder is rotated. The plate cylinder is operative to receive the coating material from the coating sleeve. An impression cylinder supports a web substrate that receives the coating material from the plate sleeve.