Patents by Inventor Kurt J. Ehrhardt

Kurt J. Ehrhardt 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).

  • Method and apparatus for alignment of sheet material for printing or performing other work operations thereon
    Patent number: 6859222
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Wood, John K. White, Kurt J. Ehrhardt
  • Wide format thermal printer
    Patent number: 6573923
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Hevenor, William J. Tortora, William A. Loos, Kenneth O. Wood, Edward M. Oscarson, David M. Mindek, Kurt J. Ehrhardt, John K. White, Raymond J. MacQueen, Brian H. Lis, Roy Douglas Downey, Michael J. Banavige, Daniel G. Binnall
  • Wide format thermal printer
    Patent number: 6493018
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Hevenor, William J. Tortora, William A. Loos, Kenneth O. Wood, Edward M. Oscarson, David M. Mindek, Kurt J. Ehrhardt, John K. White, Raymond J. MacQueen, Brian H. Lis, Roy Douglas Downey, Michael J. Banavige, Daniel G. Binnall
  • Method and apparatus for alignment of sheet material for printing or performing other work operations theron
    Publication number: 20020097317
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Wood, John K. White, Kurt J. Ehrhardt
  • Method and apparatus for alignment of sheet material for printing or performing other work operations thereon
    Patent number: 6392681
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Wood, John K. White, Kurt J. Ehrhardt
  • Wide format thermal printer
    Publication number: 20010014236
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Charles M. Hevenor, William J. Tortora, William A. Loos, Kenneth O. Wood, Edward M. Oscarson, David M. Mindek, Kurt J. Ehrhardt, John K. White, Raymond J. Macqueen, Brian H. Lis, Roy Douglas Downey, Michael J. Banavige, Daniel G. Binnall