Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
347004000 | With conveyed object | 19 |
20080231645 | Volume Element Printing System With An Object Insertion Device - The invention provides for a volume element (voxel) printing system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system includes a first printhead group having a plurality of first printheads configured to print a first voxel layer on a substrate, and at least one second printhead group having a plurality of second printheads downstream from the first group. The second group is configured to print a subsequent voxel layer on at least part of the first layer. The system also includes an object insertion device configured to insert objects into voids in the voxel layers, and a conveyor to operatively convey the substrate past the printhead groups. Also included is a control system to control and monitor the printhead groups, the object insertion device and the conveyor. | 09-25-2008 |
20090073195 | Rotary printing device - In a rotary printing device, six printing racks disposed at equal angular intervals on the same circle revolve via the printing positions of six printing units arranged at equal angular intervals on the same circle. Five of the printing units are screen printing machines for printing designs and other matter common to the T-shirts. The remaining printing unit is an inkjet printer whereby the wearers' names and other types of individual information specific to each T-shirt are printed on the T-shirts. A highly versatile printing device capable of printing names and other individual information on T-shirts can be attained. | 03-19-2009 |
20090109250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A SUBSTRATE - Methods and apparatus for supporting a substrate are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, a substrate support is provided which includes a first major surface comprising a plurality of flat support tiles and a plurality of leveling mechanisms coupled to the plurality of support tiles, wherein the plurality of leveling mechanisms are adapted to level the plurality of flat support tiles with respect to each other so as to provide a flat and level first major surface of the substrate support. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 04-30-2009 |
20090201323 | Installation For Candling Eggs And Optoelectronic System For Examining Under Radiation Such An Installation - The invention relates to a system applicable to an installation for candling eggs, to determine the presence of fertilized eggs in the cells of the egg crate grid moving on a conveyor. Row by row, the analyzing device synchronously monitors the light emission on the eggs of the row and detection of the attenuated light of emerging beams. The monitoring includes at least two close cycles of light emission. During the first cycle, which is of short duration to avoid causing glare of the detectors of the detecting device, the coordinates of possible empty cells in a row are determined and stored. During the second cycle, which is of longer duration, the coordinates of fertilized eggs of the row are determined and stored. The egg candling installation advantageously also marks the eggs, depending in particular on whether they are fertilized or not. | 08-13-2009 |
20100265285 | BLOTTING FILLISTER STRUCTURE AND PAPER CARRYING APPARATUS - A blotting fillister structure including a first side, a second side and a blotting area is provided. The first side has a first lead-angle surface. The second side opposite to the first side has a second lead-angle surface. The blotting area is located between the first side and the second side. A width of the first lead-angle surface is greater than a width of the second lead-angle surface. | 10-21-2010 |
20110210993 | LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet discharging apparatus includes a pair of workpiece stages, a workpiece moving table configured to move the two workpiece stages, a head moving table configured to move a functional liquid droplet discharging head, a pair of workpiece exchanging mechanisms arranged in two workpiece exchange areas, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute control to move the workpiece stages alternately between the image formation area and the workpiece exchange areas such that one of the workpiece stages moves between the image formation area and one of the workpiece exchange areas and the other of the workpiece stages moves between the image formation area and the other of the workpiece exchange areas. Furthermore, the control unit executes control such that image forming operations and exchanges of workpieces are executed alternately with respect each of the workpiece stages. | 09-01-2011 |
20120147071 | MODULAR PRINTING APPARATUS WITH A REMOVABLE, BOX-SHAPED MODULE - A modular printing apparatus has a printing device with a movable print carriage with at least one inkjet print head, a control unit, a locking mechanism, a mechanical connection element that is integrally molded on a housing wall of a box-shaped module. In an operating mode, the box-shaped module is inserted into the printing apparatus and can be removed from the printing apparatus in a service mode, and a triggering mechanism acts on the locking mechanism with first and second force components. The first and second force component couple the locking mechanism and the mechanical connection element to one another in the operating mode in order to lock the box-shaped module inserted into a bay of the printing apparatus at the printing apparatus. By the second force component acting opposite the z-direction in the service mode, the locking mechanism and the mechanical connection element are disengaged in order to unlock the box-shaped module inserted into the printing apparatus before said box-shaped module can be removed from the printing apparatus. | 06-14-2012 |
20130155130 | PARTICLE REMOVAL DEVICE FOR INK JET PRINTER - A particle removal device for an ink jet printer is discussed. The particle removal device includes a first separator comprising an arrangement of obstacles including at least two rows of obstacles that extend laterally with respect to a flow path of ink in the first separator. The rows of obstacles are offset from one another by a row offset fraction. The arrangement of obstacles is configured to preferentially route larger particles having diameters greater than a critical diameter through the arrangement and along a first trajectory vector that is angled with respect to the direction of the flow path of the ink. The angle of the first trajectory vector with respect to the ink flow path is a function of the row offset fraction. Smaller particles having diameters less than the critical diameter travel through the arrangement along a second trajectory vector that is not substantially angled with respect to the flow path of the ink. The first separator causes a pressure drop of the ink of less than about 100 Pa. | 06-20-2013 |
20130187963 | LATEX ARTICLES IMPRINTED WITH FULL-LENGTH INDICIA AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPRINTING LATEX ARTICLES - Devices, systems, and methods for printing indicia on latex are presented. A system for printing includes a latex surface supported by a mold on a rotary mount, a printer, a base plate supporting print heads, a rotational drive system for selectively rotating the mold during printing, and a printer engine programmed to print indicia onto a substantially contiguous area of the latex surface, from an intermediate border to and including a distal end. In a system with multiple molds moving along a path, the system may include a chassis for supporting the base plate, printer, and/or rotational drive system, and a motion controller for moving the chassis near the molds. Latex articles may be imprinted with indicia that is decorative and/or informative. | 07-25-2013 |
20130222444 | COLOR PRINTER SYSTEM FOR HISTOLOGICAL SPECIMEN SLIDES AND CASSETTES - A color printer for histological specimen containers such as slides and cassettes includes a specimen container receiving structure to receive histological specimen containers having a print zone, an ink receiving structure to receive a multi-colored ink source, a printhead, a drive mechanism to drive specimen containers received by the container receiving structure with respect to the print head, and a control system. The control system is responsive to specimen data representative of histological specimens and controls the drive mechanism and the printhead, including causing the print head to transfer multiple colors of ink from the ink source and print specimen information in color on the print zones of specimen containers. In one embodiment of the invention the specimen data includes color data representative of a color that identifies specimen information, and the control system causes the printhead to print the specimen information in color as a function of the color data. In another embodiment the control system causes the printhead to print specimen information in the form of a color bar as a function of the color data, and to print specimen information in the form of text and a bar code in black. | 08-29-2013 |
20130335464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE BY THE SAME PRINTING SYSTEM IN A CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A conveyance printing system and methods for printing articles of manufacture of different types and with different content is presented. Systems include a conveyance system configured to convey a plurality of trays, each having an associated identifier and each holding one or more articles of manufacture within the tray, and a printing system configured to receive a print tray from the conveyance system, receive a print job associated with the tray identifier, and print the associated print job simultaneously onto the respective print surfaces of the one or more articles of manufacture held by the tray. | 12-19-2013 |
20140028745 | INK-JET PRINTER FOR PRINTING ON CARDS - An ink-jet printer includes a printing station for ink-jet printing on a thermoplastic card includes a printhead coupled to a reservoir containing an ink comprising: a medium of a low-boiling organic solvent, an auxiliary solvent of a high-boiling organic solvent, and a colouring component soluble in the medium. A support carriage supports the card and is drivable between a first position in which the carriage does not face the printhead and a second position in which the carriage faces the printhead. A driving motor moves the carriage between the first and second positions along a guide member interposed between the printhead and a reference member to prevent ink ejected by the printhead from reaching the reference member. A detection device mounted on the carriage detects the reference member and generates a signal used by a control unit to regulate the driving motor. | 01-30-2014 |
20140063085 | Process and Apparatus for Printing Assembled Absorbent Articles with Custom Graphics - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for printing graphics on absorbent articles. Printing systems according to the present disclosure may include a carrier apparatus that transports individual absorbent articles past a printing station, which prints a custom graphic on the absorbent articles. The carrier apparatus may include a hook member connected with an endless belt. The printing system may also include a pressing apparatus positioned adjacent the endless belt. During operation, an absorbent article may be positioned on a hook member, and the endless belt conveys the absorbent article in the machine direction past the printing station. As the absorbent article advances toward the printing station, the pressing apparatus compresses and flattens the absorbent article against the hook member to help provide a relatively flat, smooth surface on the absorbent article to be printed. The printing station then prints a graphic on the advancing article. | 03-06-2014 |
20140104331 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A MARKER TO AN ELECTRICAL CABLE DURING MANUFACTURE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a uniquely identifiable cable, the method comprising: providing one or more cables including an insulating layer thereon to be wound onto a drum or reel; and applying a marker system onto the surface of the insulating layer of the one or more cables prior to or during the winding of the one or more cables onto the drum or reel. | 04-17-2014 |
20140139572 | DIRECT-TO-PRODUCT PRINTING TRAY INCLUDING A TRACKING LABEL-DISPENSING MECHANISM - A direct-to-product printing tray to hold a photo product and a plurality of labels in place while a composite image is printed on the photo product and a first label. The direct-to-product printing tray includes a label-dispensing system within the direct-to-product tray. The label-dispensing system is configured to automatically advance a second label to a position previously occupied by the first label in response to the removal of the first label from the label-dispensing system. | 05-22-2014 |
20140232768 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232769 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device includes a recording unit, a feeding mechanism, a guide member, and a lock portion. The feeding mechanism is configured to feed a first feeding object along a feeding path. The feeding path has a straight path and a curved path. The recording unit faces the straight path. The guide member defines the curved path and is rotatable between an exposed position and a closed position. The lock portion is movable between a locked position at which the guide member is locked in the closed position and an unlocked position at which the lock is released. The guide member has a recess formed therein and the feeding mechanism further feeds a second feeding object to the recess along the straight path. When the second feeding object is disposed in the recess, the lock portion is disposed at the locked position. | 08-21-2014 |
20140313247 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING DECORATIONS TO CONTAINERS - An apparatus for use in connection with application of decoration to a container by printing thereon includes a container transport system comprising a processing position configured to receive a container, a coating installation disposed at the processing position, and a transfer element. The transfer element applies a base coat to the container by rolling on or off the container. | 10-23-2014 |
20150042706 | INK JET PRINTING MACHINE - An improved ink jet printing machine ( | 02-12-2015 |