Patents by Inventor Arnoldus Theodorus Steenkamer

Arnoldus Theodorus Steenkamer 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).

  • Patent number: 11724516
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting one or more failing nozzles in an inkjet printhead of an inkjet printer for printing an image on a substrate and compensating failing nozzles, as well as for correcting colour uniformity of a printed image in inkjet printing an image on a substrate includes printing a first test pattern on a dedicated substrate, which is optically scanned and includes a system for the same. From the scan failing nozzles are identified, which are to be compensated by other nozzles. To these compensating nozzles compensated nozzle control data are allocated, which are used in printing a second test pattern that is also scanned and analysed for local deviations of colorimetric greyscale value. Corrected nozzle control data are allocated to the nozzles associated with the local deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SPGPrints B.V.
    Inventors: Arnoldus Theodorus Steenkamer, Tom Tilly Norbert Lebouille, Petrus Leonardus Johannes Welten
  • Publication number: 20220219463
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting one or more failing nozzles in an inkjet printhead of an inkjet printer for printing an image on a substrate and compensating failing nozzles, as well as for correcting colour uniformity of a printed image in inkjet printing an image on a substrate includes printing a first test pattern on a dedicated substrate, which is optically scanned and includes a system for the same. From the scan failing nozzles are identified, which are to be compensated by other nozzles. To these compensating nozzles compensated nozzle control data are allocated, which are used in printing a second test pattern that is also scanned and analysed for local deviations of colorimetric greyscale value. Corrected nozzle control data are allocated to the nozzles associated with the local deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Arnoldus Theodorus Steenkamer, Tom Tilly Norbert Lebouille, Petrus Leonardus Johannes Welten
  • Patent number: 7331285
    Abstract: A squeegee unit for a rotary screen-printing device comprises a squeegee (2) with a squeegee edge (3) which is designed, during operation of a rotary screen-printing device in which the squeegee unit is mounted, to be pressed onto the inner side of a cylindrical screen of the rotary screen-printing device, and a squeegee holder (1) in which the squeegee is mounted. The squeegee edge (3) can be moved away from the squeegee holder (1) and towards the squeegee holder. A resilient element (18) is arranged between the squeegee edge (3) and the squeegee holder (1), in such a manner that the squeegee edge is pressed away from the squeegee holder by spring force. The squeegee unit is provided with travel-limiting means which are designed in such a manner that the squeegee edge (3) can be moved over a relatively short distance of at most 1 mm and preferably of at most 0.5 from the working position in a direction away from the squeegee holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Stork Prints B.V.
    Inventors: Arnoldus Theodorus Steenkamer, Dirk Steenbeek