Patents by Inventor Roel De Mondt
Roel De Mondt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11718106Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus for printing on a substrate, such as a flexible packaging material, includes at least three inkjet heads including a first inkjet head, a second inkjet head, and at least one further inkjet head. At least one drying unit includes a first drying unit arranged opposite a first drying location which is located between the first and second inkjet location, the first drying unit being configured for physically removing liquid from ink applied by the first inkjet head. At least a first drum and a second drum, where the first and second inkjet locations as well as the first drying location are located on an outer surface of the first drum; and the at least one further inkjet location is located on an outer surface of the second drum.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.Inventors: Tomas Praet, Herman Jan Godelieve Van De Straete, Werner Jozef Johan Op De Beeck, Roel De Mondt, Lode Erik Dries Deprez
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Patent number: 11710012Abstract: A digital printing process for printing an image (I) including a white area (W) and/or a coloured area (C) on a packaging material includes selecting a packaging material with a substantially white side, and preparing print data to be sent to a printing means taking into account that the side of the packaging material is substantially white. The print data represents one or more first image areas (A1) representing the image (I), and one or more second image areas (A2) representing a packaging look (L), to be printed on the substantially white side of the packaging material, outside the one or more first image areas (A1) where the image (I) is to be located. The method further includes printing by the printing means on the substantially white side of the packaging material using the print data.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: XEIKON MANUFACTURING NVInventors: Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Jürgen Norbert Bart Devlieghere, Roel De Mondt, Romain Jan Victor Paul Van Der Gucht, Tom Rik May Broeckx
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Patent number: 11660898Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprising the steps of: a) manufacturing a glass container having a CEC layer; b) removing at least part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of less than 20 nm by washing the CEC from the glass container with an aqueous solution containing non-ionic surfactant, rinsing with water and blowing the water from the container by means of a pressurized air stream, c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.Inventors: Marin Steenackers, Roel De Mondt, Johan Van De Velde, Jonas Vandecruys, Yolanda Justo, Roland Claes
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Publication number: 20230135129Abstract: An inkjet printing process and an ink set for forming an image on a substrate by applying a plurality of inkjet inks of the ink set on the substrate. The plurality of inkjet inks include at least a first ink and a second ink, each ink comprising: a pigment and a block copolymer dispersant for dispersing the pigment. The block copolymer dispersant includes a first block and a second block where the second block is formed using at least one monomer M2, which monomer M2 is selected from the group consisting of a methacrylate and an acrylate, and where the monomer M2 is an anchoring monomer for anchoring to the pigment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.Inventors: Lode Erik Dries DEPREZ, Werner Jozef Johan OP DE BEECK, Wouter Jeroom Maria VAN GAENS, Roel DE MONDT, Geert Gaston Paul DEROOVER, Nils Margaretha Robert DE VOS, Lore WYNS
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Publication number: 20230116920Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprising the steps of: a) manufacturing a glass container having a CEC layer; b) removing at least part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of less than 20 nm by washing the CEC from the glass container with an aqueous solution containing nonionic surfactant, rinsing with water and blowing the water from the container by means of a pressurized air stream, c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Marin STEENACKERS, Roel DE MONDT, Johan VAN DE VELDE, Jonas VANDECRUYS, Yolanda JUSTO, Roland CLAES
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Publication number: 20230046338Abstract: A digital printing process for printing an image (I) including a white area (W) and/or a coloured area (C) on a packaging material includes selecting a packaging material with a substantially white side, and preparing print data to be sent to a printing means taking into account that the side of the packaging material is substantially white. The print data represents one or more first image areas (A1) representing the image (I), and one or more second image areas (A2) representing a packaging look (L), to be printed on the substantially white side of the packaging material, outside the one or more first image areas (A1) where the image (I) is to be located. The method further includes printing by the printing means on the substantially white side of the packaging material using the print data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: XEIKON MANUFACTURING NVInventors: Lode Erik Dries DEPREZ, Jürgen Norbert Bart, Roel DE MONDT, Romain Jan Victor Paul VAN DER GUCHT, Tom Rik May BROECKX
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Publication number: 20220324245Abstract: A printing method in which a primer composition, which includes at least one pigment aggregating agent, is applied to a coated substrate prior to an ink-jet printing step. The ink-jet printing step is performed using inkjet droplets having x ?m drop diameter, printed in a print resolution on the coated substrate that corresponds to a rectangular unit cell having cell dimensions of y ?m by z ?m, where a ratio of x/y is >0.60.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.Inventors: Wouter Jeroom Maria VAN GAENS, Werner Jozef Johan OP DE BEECK, Lode Erik Dries DEPREZ, Roel DE MONDT
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Patent number: 11400701Abstract: A method of manufacturing a decorative surface includes the steps of a) impregnating a paper substrate with a thermosetting resin; b) jetting a colour pattern with one or more aqueous inkjet inks including a polymer latex binder on the thermosetting resin impregnated paper; c) drying the one or more aqueous inkjet inks; and d) heat pressing the thermosetting paper carrying the colour pattern into a decorative surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignees: AGFA NV, Unilin BVBAInventors: Roel De Mondt, Rita Torfs
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Publication number: 20210276345Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus for printing on a substrate, such as a flexible packaging material, includes at least three inkjet heads including a first inkjet head, a second inkjet head, and at least one further inkjet head. At least one drying unit includes a first drying unit arranged opposite a first drying location which is located between the first and second inkjet location, the first drying unit being configured for physically removing liquid from ink applied by the first inkjet head. At least a first drum and a second drum, where the first and second inkjet locations as well as the first drying location are located on an outer surface of the first drum; and the at least one further inkjet location is located on an outer surface of the second drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.Inventors: Tomas PRAET, Herman Jan Godelieve VAN DE STRAETE, Werner Jozef Johan OP DE BEECK, Roel DE MONDT, Lode Erik Dries DEPREZ
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Patent number: 10759952Abstract: An aqueous radiation curable inkjet ink contains an aqueous medium and polymer nanoparticles charged with a polymerizable compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: AGFA NVInventors: Roel De Mondt, Johan Loccufier
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Patent number: 10730332Abstract: A method for manufacturing polymeric decorative panels includes, in order, the steps of a) inkjet printing an image on a first thermoplastic foil using an aqueous pigmented inkjet ink; b) applying a second thermoplastic foil on the inkjet printed image; c) heat pressing the first and second thermoplastic foils into a decorative laminate; and d) cutting the laminate into a decorative panel; wherein the aqueous pigmented inkjet ink contains polymeric resin particles and a self-dispersing colour pigment; and at least one of the first and second thermoplastic foils is a transparent foil.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: AGFA NV, UNILIN BVBAInventor: Roel De Mondt
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Patent number: 10662532Abstract: A method of manufacturing an embossing element for decorative surfaces includes the steps of: a) UV curable inkjet printing a decorative pattern on a metallic surface; and b) forming a relief by etching metal from the metallic surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: AGFA-GEVAERT N.V., AGFA NVInventors: Roel De Mondt, Rita Torfs, Johan Loccufier
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Publication number: 20200031153Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprising the steps of: a) manufacturing a glass container having a CEC layer; b) removing at least part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of less than 20 nm by washing the CEC from the glass container with an aqueous solution containing non-ionic surfactant, rinsing with water and blowing the water from the container by means of a pressurized air stream, c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Marin STEENACKERS, Roel DE MONDT, Johan VAN DE VELDE, Jonas VANDECRUYS, Yolanda JUSTO, Roland CLAES
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Patent number: 10442940Abstract: A radiation curable inkjet ink set containing a plurality of inkjet inks having a viscosity of no more than 50 mPa·s at 25° C. and a shear rate of 90 s-1, each of the inkjet inks including a) at least one non-polymerizable, non-polymeric bisacylphosphine oxide present in a concentration of no more than 4.0 wt % based on the total weight of the inkjet ink; b) at least one monomer including at least one vinyl ether group and at least one polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an acrylate group and a methacrylate group; and c) at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone, with the proviso that if the at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone contains no tertiary amine group, then the inkjet ink further includes at least one tertiary amine co-initiator selected from the group consisting of ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate and a polymerizable co-initiator containing a tertiary amine.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: AGFA NVInventors: Johan Loccufier, Roel De Mondt
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Patent number: 10316204Abstract: A radiation curable inkjet ink set includes at least a cyan radiation curable inkjet ink, a magenta radiation curable inkjet ink, a yellow radiation curable inkjet ink, and a black radiation curable inkjet ink, each having a viscosity of no more than 50 mPa·s at 25° C. and a shear rate of 90 s?1 and containing: a) at least one non-polymerizable, non-polymeric bisacylphosphine oxide present in a concentration of no more than 4.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: AGFA NVInventors: Roel De Mondt, Johan Loccufier
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Patent number: 10308056Abstract: A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces includes the steps of a) inkjet printing an image on a first thermoplastic foil using a pigmented UV curable inkjet ink; b) applying a second thermoplastic foil on the inkjet printed image; and c) heat pressing the first and second thermoplastic foils into a decorative laminate; wherein the pigmented UV curable inkjet ink contains a polymerizable composition having 30 to 70 wt % of monofunctional polymerizable compounds and 30 to 70 wt % of polyfunctional polymerizable compounds, the weight percentage wt % is based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; and at least one of the first and second thermoplastic foils is a transparent foil.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: AGFA NV, UNILIN BVBAInventors: Roel De Mondt, Nadine Willems
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Patent number: 10179469Abstract: A method of inkjet printing a color image including a metallic or pearlescent color includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 3.0 ?m as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with a white inkjet ink containing a white pigment having an average particle size between 250 and 400 nm as measured by differential centrifugal sedimentation.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: AGFA NVInventor: Roel De Mondt
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Patent number: 10173449Abstract: A method of inkjet printing a color image including a metallic or pearlescent color includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 4.0 ?m as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with an opaque color inkjet ink containing a chromatic color pigment and a white pigment.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: AGFA NVInventor: Roel De Mondt
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Patent number: 10119043Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink contains: a) a color pigment; b) an alkoxylated fluorosurfactant; and c) an ethoxylated oligomer having a molecular weight smaller than 400; and has a static surface tension at 25° C. of no more than 28 mN·m; and a viscosity between 5 and 12 mPa·s at 32° C. at a shear rate of 1,000 s?1.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: AGFA NVInventors: Roel De Mondt, Hubertus Van Aert
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Patent number: 10022956Abstract: A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces includes the steps of inkjet printing a color pattern with one or more aqueous inkjet inks including a polyurethane based latex binder; impregnating a paper substrate with a thermosetting resin; and heat pressing the thermosetting resin impregnated paper substrate carrying the inkjet printed color pattern into a decorative surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: AGFA NV, UNILIN BVBAInventors: Roel De Mondt, Laurent Meersseman