Patents Examined by Marissa Ferguson
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Patent number: 11701905Abstract: A fixture for supporting an article (e.g., a guitar such as a Stratocaster® guitar body) and controlling the position of the article relative to a print head to allow a contoured portion of a surface of the article to be printed by the print head. The fixture may include a pivot axis about which the article is pivotal. A cam surface may be engaged by the article and/or a bracket of the fixture to which the article is affixed to prescribe the controlled movement of the article based on relative movement between the article and the print head. In turn, both planar and contoured portions of the guitar surface may be printed during a single print operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: PS Business Services, LLCInventors: Stephen Spurgeon, Robert Ross
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Patent number: 11679581Abstract: A device for magnetizing a packaging material for food-containing packages is disclosed. The device can include a feeder for feeding a packaging material through the device, the packaging material having a plurality of portions of magnetisable ink. The device can also include a static bar having at least one magnet for magnetizing the portions of ink applied to the packaging material. The device can also include a magnetizable ink applicator for applying the plurality of portions of magnetizable ink to the packaging material. The packaging material can be a non-creased packaging material. A system for producing a packaging material is also disclosed. A method of magnetizing a packaging material for a food-containing package is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventor: Torbjörn Rosenlöf
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Patent number: 11679611Abstract: A hand-operated stamp (1) comprising a housing (2) in which a stamp unit (3) coupled to an actuating part (8) which can be displaced with respect to the housing (2) is mounted, wherein the actuating part (8) has a locking element (10, 10?) for limiting a displacement of the actuating part (8) with respect to the housing (2), wherein the locking element (10, 10?) is configured as a rocker element (10a) on a pivot shaft (14), wherein the actuating part (8) has a recess (22) for receiving the rocker element (10a), wherein the pivot shaft (14) is arranged in the recess (22), wherein the actuating part (8) has a supporting strut (23) in the recess (22), wherein the supporting strut (23) is arranged parallel to the pivot shaft (14).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: COLOR STEMPELERZEUGUNG SKOPEK GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. & CO. KG.Inventor: Johann Wilflingseder
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Patent number: 11667099Abstract: A die and counter die system for impressing a relief pattern onto a substrate, including a male die film and at least one female die. The female die includes a female-die contact surface including at least one cavity defining the relief pattern. The male die film includes a flexible male-die contact surface which is featureless in a region thereof opposing the relief pattern on the at least one female die. The system further includes a compression mechanism adapted, when the substrate is disposed between the male die contact surface and the female die contact surface, to move the male die film and the at least one female die towards one another so as to impress the relief pattern on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: HIGHCON SYSTEMS LTD.Inventors: Ron Or, Michael Karp, Claudio Rottman
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Patent number: 11648783Abstract: A portable label printer for printing content onto a surface of a label is provided. The label has a chip disposed therein. The portable label printer includes a main body, an RFID antenna assembly, a front cover unit, a back cover unit, and a print head module. The front and back cover units are disposed in the main body, and a paper exit port is formed between the front and back cover units. The RFID antenna assembly is disposed in the main body and adjacent to the paper exit port. The print head module is disposed in the main body and under the RFID antenna assembly. The label first passes through the print head module, and then passes through the RFID antenna assembly. When the label passes through the RFID antenna assembly, the RFID antenna assembly performs data reading or data writing on the chip of the label.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TSC AUTO ID TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ko-Chun Chen, Jung-Te Cheng, Hui-Tse Chang, Wen-Wei Tsai
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Patent number: 11642911Abstract: A method for producing reliefs through digital printing and a digital printing machine is disclosed by method providing a substrate having a first digital print on one of the faces; applying a coating on the face of the substrate with the first digital print; partially drying the coating until a gelled state is obtained; depositing drops of ink to produce a second digital print; applying pressure to the gelled coating using an embossing roller to obtain a three-dimensional structure, the embossing roller configured to receive the second digital print and produce the three-dimensional structure; and completely drying the coating on which the three-dimensional structure has been obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventor: Jesus Francisco Barberan Latorre
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Patent number: 11642904Abstract: The electronic hand stamp (1) includes an inkjet printhead with nozzles directed toward a bottom side (4) of the electronic hand stamp (1), a control circuit (30) and a motion detector. The control circuit (30) is connected to the motion detector and to the inkjet printhead and configured to control the inkjet printhead in response to readings received from the motion detector. The electronic hand stamp (1) includes at least four indicator LEDs (10-17) connected to the control circuit (30). At least one of the at least four indicator LEDs (10-17) is arranged on every side perpendicular to the bottom side (4) of the electronic hand stamp (1).Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: COLOP DIGITAL GMBHInventor: Alex Breton
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Patent number: 11627665Abstract: A screen printer comprising: a conveyance device configured to convey a board; a board holding device configured to position a conveyed board at a printing position; a stencil holding device configured to attach a stencil above the held board; a squeegee device configured to fill pattern holes of the stencil with solder paste; a board raising and lowering device configured to raise and lower the board positioned by the board holding device; and a control device configured to perform drive control of each the above devices, the control device including a standby printing processing section configured to raise the board from below with respect to the stencil such that the board contacts the stencil, stand by in a state with solder paste filled in the pattern holes, and lower the board to separate the board from the stencil in accordance with a board conveyance signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Torii, Akira Furuichi
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Patent number: 11622451Abstract: Systems and methods in which dot-like portions of a material (e.g., a viscous material such as a solder paste) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an electronic component at a first printing unit, and the electronic component is subsequently placed onto a substrate with the portions of viscous material between the electronic component and the substrate. Optionally, a printing unit which prints the dots of material onto the electronic component includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred in the individual dot-like portions from the donor substrate onto the electronic component by the printing unit. The system may also include imaging units to aid in the overall process.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: IO Tech Group Ltd.Inventors: Ziv Gilan, Michael Zenou
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Patent number: 11622452Abstract: A method for printing conductive solder paste on a base substrate to establish an electrical connection is provided. The method includes applying conductive solder paste over a stencil, and within an opening of the stencil to contact the base substrate therebeneath. In embodiments, a squeegee can be used to scrape some of the conductive solder paste off of the stencil, leaving behind some of the conductive solder paste within the opening. Subsequently, the stencil can be removed at a speed of more than 200 millimeters per second to help reduce the end-of-track bump ultimately formed at the end of the conductive solder paste that remains after the stencil is removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Inventors: Bo Cheng, Charles Tuffile
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Patent number: 11602918Abstract: A gimmick expression medium producing method forms a gimmick expression medium 300. The gimmick expression medium 300 includes a retroreflective medium 1. A printing medium 301 placed on the retroreflective medium 1 includes a light-transmission layer 302. A gimmick print 303 which varies color of reflective light of the retroreflective medium 1 to produce a gimmick effect is printed on the light-transmission layer 302. The printing medium 301 is provided with a light-blocking layer 304 which partially blocks reflective light reflected by the retroreflective medium 1. The light-blocking layer 304 is composed of a white printing layer, and a reflection picture print 305 is printed on the light-blocking layer 304.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SO-KEN CORPORATIONInventor: Kouji Asao
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Patent number: 11602945Abstract: A metallic stamp and die for the craft industry comprises a predetermined acid-etched design on a surface of a metallic plate. A first layer of a metallic paint is applied over the front and back surfaces of the metallic stamp and die. A second layer of a rubber paint is applied over the metallic paint. The metallic paint facilitates bonding of the rubber paint to the metallic plate and increases the life of the coating of the rubber paint. The rubber paint is configured to absorb and store an ink and facilitate transfer of the ink to one or more substrates, thus enabling stamping of the design on the substrate. The metallic die can be configured for a plurality of uses, such as embossing, cutting, heat-foiling, stamping, scoring, and inserting patterns or designs in a plurality of substrates.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Inventors: Yong Jia Chen, Earl Brohard
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Patent number: 11576266Abstract: A method of forming solder paste on an object is provided. The method includes providing a multilayered stencil, each stencil layer having an aperture formed therethrough from a top surface of the respective stencil layer to a bottom surface of the stencil layer. The method also includes applying the stencil to a surface of the object. The method also includes filling a void space formed by a combination of the apertures in the stencil layers with solder paste. The method also includes removing the stencil layers in a sequential manner to leave the solder paste.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jia Yu Zheng, WeiFeng Zhang, YanLong Hou, Guo Wei, Zhipeng Wang, Miao Zhang
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Patent number: 11554580Abstract: A squeegee drip collection system is configured to receive assembly material from at least one squeegee blade of the print head assembly. The squeegee drip collection system includes a paste shield coupled to the print head gantry and configured to be moved between a retracted position in which the paste shield is spaced from the at least one squeegee blade and an extended position in which the paste shield is positioned under the at least one squeegee blade. The squeegee drip collection system further includes a paste shield removal assembly configured to uncouple the paste shield from the print head gantry and to remove the paste shield.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: William A. Losiewicz
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Patent number: 11554436Abstract: A dispensing system includes an optional pre-heat station configured to receive an electronic substrate, a dispense station configured to dispense material on the electronic substrate received from the optional pre-heat station, an optional post-heat station configured to receive the electronic substrate from the dispense station, and a non-contact sensor positioned above the electronic substrate on at least one of the optional pre-heat station, the dispense station, and the optional post-heat station.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Prentice, Scott A. Reid, Patsy A. Mattero, Fernando J. Aguiar
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Patent number: 11541676Abstract: An assembly for precise positioning of a stamping tool, such as a photopolymer stamp. The assembly having a flat base of preferably a square shape. A platform of a predetermined height runs along the periphery of the flat base. A grid film removably adhered to the top surface of the flat base. Four alignment tabs can be provided on the four corners of the platform. A flip plate dimensioned to fit over the platform, such as corners of the flip plate juxtapose to the alignment tabs. A portion of the flip plate extends sidewards from the periphery of the platform, such as the flip plate can be lifted. The clear flip plate having radial lines that extend from the center to the periphery of the flip plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventor: Tasnim Ahmed
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Patent number: 11535028Abstract: A method for fixing and treating a flexible plate on a drum includes: providing a flexible plate comprising a support layer made of a first material and at least one additional layer made of a second material which is different from the first material, wherein one or more thin film side wings are connected to one or more sides of the flexible plate. The one or more thin film side wings have a thickness which is at least 5 times smaller than the thickness of the flexible plate. The method further includes positioning the flexible plate on the drum such that the lower face of each thin film side wing of the flexible plate covers at least one vacuum suction opening, and performing a treatment on at least one layer of the flexible plate while rotating the drum.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: XEIKON PREPRESS N.V.Inventors: Dirk Ludo Julien De Rauw, Marnix Gabriel Feys
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Patent number: 11529696Abstract: A dispensing system includes an optional pre-heat station configured to receive an electronic substrate, a dispense station configured to dispense material on the electronic substrate received from the optional pre-heat station, an optional post-heat station configured to receive the electronic substrate from the dispense station, and a non-contact sensor positioned above the electronic substrate on at least one of the optional pre-heat station, the dispense station, and the optional post-heat station.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Prentice, Scott A. Reid, Patsy A. Mattero, Fernando J. Aguiar
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Patent number: 11524514Abstract: The present invention relates to method of manufacturing a tamper-proof medium for thermal printing, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid is deposited on a substrate which comprises a thermochromic coating layer comprising at least one halochromic leuco dye.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: OMYA INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Roger Bollstrom, Gilbert Botty, Philipp Hunziker
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Patent number: 11518183Abstract: While the described ink pad can include any suitable component, in some cases it includes a lid, a base, and an absorbent material. Additionally, in some cases, the lid and the base define a cavity that houses the absorbent material and the lid and the base each comprise one or more magnets and/or magnetic materials that are configured to magnetically couple with each other to releasably couple the lid and base together. In some instances, the ink pad further includes one or more seals that are configured to extend between the base and lid to limit air movement into the cavity when the lid and base are coupled together in a closed position. Additional implementations are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Cabin Creek, LLCInventors: Ross A. Chiles, Tai-Yu Han, Jamie Hascall