Patents by Inventor Maurizio Zanelli

Maurizio Zanelli 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 inkjet printer with automatic compensation of the thickness of a printable substrate
    Patent number: 8303062
    Abstract: The inkjet printer (10) includes a carriage for holding a substrate (T) to be printed, movably supported along a printing path. The carriage comprises a slidable tray having lateral edges (31?) defining a reference printing plane, and a vertically movable support table (32) for the substrate (T) and a lifting device (33) conformed to move the support table (32) between an upper position above the lateral edges (31?) of the tray (17) for positioning and removing the substrate (T), and a lowered position beneath the lateral edges (31?) of the tray (17), in which the support table (32) and the substrate (T) are urged against a stop frame (18) removably connectable to the tray (17) to keep z printable surface of the substrate (T) in a printing plane defined by the lateral edges (31?) of the tray (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Topconsulting SAGL
    Inventor: Maurizio Zanelli
  • METHOD AND INKJET PRINTER WITH AUTOMATIC COMPENSATION OF THE THICKNESS OF A PRINTABLE SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20120188302
    Abstract: The inkjet printer (10) includes a carriage for holding a substrate (T) to be printed, movably supported along a printing path. The carriage comprises a slidable tray having lateral edges (31?) defining a reference printing plane, and a vertically movable support table (32) for the substrate (T) and a lifting device (33) conformed to move the support table (32) between an upper position above the lateral edges (31?) of the tray (17) for positioning and removing the substrate (T), and a lowered position beneath the lateral edges (31?) of the tray (17), in which the support table (32) and the substrate (T) are urged against a stop frame (18) removably connectable to the tray (17) to keep z printable surface of the substrate (T) in a printing plane defined by the lateral edges (31?) of the tray (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Maurizio Zanelli