Patents by Inventor Andrew Slotto

Andrew Slotto 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).

  • Used transfer layer detection in a transfer printing device
    Patent number: 10434791
    Abstract: A transfer printing device includes a transfer ribbon, a print unit, a mark sensor and a controller. The transfer ribbon includes a transfer layer that is attached to a carrier layer. The transfer layer includes a series of transfer sections. The controller is configured to perform a print operation, in which a transfer section that is available for printing is selected by detecting an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section and a used mark is printed on the transfer ribbon using the print unit. At least a portion of the used mark is in a predetermined position relative to the selected transfer section and is outside the selected transfer section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Stangler, James Andrew Rieck, Tanya Jegeris Snyder, Andrew Slotto, Lyndon James Hanson, Jon Everett Freise
  • USED TRANSFER LAYER DETECTION IN A TRANSFER PRINTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170259583
    Abstract: A transfer printing device includes a transfer ribbon, a print unit, a mark sensor and a controller. The transfer ribbon includes a transfer layer that is attached to a carrier layer. The transfer layer includes a series of transfer sections. The controller is configured to perform a print operation, in which a transfer section that is available for printing is selected by detecting an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section and a used mark is printed on the transfer ribbon using the print unit. At least a portion of the used mark is in a predetermined position relative to the selected transfer section and is outside the selected transfer section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Stangler, James Andrew Rieck, Tanya Jegeris Snyder, Andrew Slotto, Lyndon James Hanson, Jon Everett Freise
  • Used transfer layer detection in a transfer printing device
    Patent number: 9561668
    Abstract: In a method of operating a transfer printing device, which includes a transfer ribbon having a series of transfer sections, a print unit, and a mark sensor, the transfer ribbon is fed in a feed direction. A transfer section that is available for printing is selected through the detection of an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section using the print unit. A used mark corresponding to the selected transfer section is printed in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Stangler, James Andrew Rieck, Tanya Jegeris Snyder, Andrew Slotto, Lyndon James Hanson, Jon Everett Freise
  • Transfer film tensioning in a transfer lamination device
    Patent number: 9427993
    Abstract: A transfer lamination method uses a transfer lamination device including a transfer ribbon comprising a transfer film on a carrier web, a print unit comprising a print head, and a transfer unit configured to transfer a film section of the transfer film to a substrate. In the method, the transfer ribbon is fed in a feed direction past the print unit and the transfer unit. Tension is generated in the transfer ribbon using the print head while processing the transfer ribbon using the transfer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
    Inventors: James A. Rieck, John P. Skoglund, Andrew Slotto
  • TRANSFER FILM TENSIONING
    Publication number: 20140049587
    Abstract: A transfer lamination method uses a transfer lamination device including a transfer ribbon comprising a transfer film on a carrier web, a print unit comprising a print head, and a transfer unit configured to transfer a film section of the transfer film to a substrate. In the method, the transfer ribbon is fed in a feed direction past the print unit and the transfer unit. Tension is generated in the transfer ribbon using the print head while processing the transfer ribbon using the transfer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: HID GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James A. Rieck, John P. Skoglund, Andrew Slotto