Print debris collection system
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210059292A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US17004868

    申请日:2020-08-27

    Inventor: Erick Hagstrom

    Abstract: A method and system for printing on a surface of a plurality of food products. The system comprises a printer configured for printing edible ink on a surface of the food products and a removable debris collection tray for catching food product debris positioned within the printer and configured to capture debris generated during at least one of delivery of food products to the printer, printing on the food products, and removal of printed food products from the printer. The printer has a print head and a receiving arm supported by the printer and extendable and retractable across a path of a print head of the printer for delivery and return of food products to a position below the print head for printing thereon. The removable debris collection tray is at least partially positioned below a travel path of the food product within the printer and between the print head and receiving arm.

    Hinged printer housing
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210060989A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US17004908

    申请日:2020-08-27

    Inventor: Erick Hagstrom

    Abstract: A printer housing with an upper portion and a lower portion with a cavity there between and wherein the upper portion and lower portion are connected by one or more hinges such that the housing opens about the hinged connection between the upper portion and the lower portion to expose the cavity there between. The hinged connection allows the upper portion to be lifted up with respect to the lower portion to expose one or more printer components for access through the cavity. One or more hinges secure the upper portion to the lower portion and wherein the one or more hinges are positioned on a same perimeter side of the housing such that the housing opens about one side.

    Print surface positioning system for food product printer

    公开(公告)号:US20210060972A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US17003324

    申请日:2020-08-26

    Abstract: A system and method for positioning a food product with respect to a print head for printing on a surface thereof. The system is incorporated into a printer. The system has a movable support surface for supporting the food product thereon, the support surface being vertically and horizontally moveable with respect to the print head. A sensor is provided for detecting a position of a surface of the food product positioned on the moveable support surface with respect to the print head. The sensor provides a signal to the printer indicative of a position of the surface of the food product and wherein the moveable support surface is adjustable in response thereto. The sensor is a position sensor configured to detect the position of a top surface of the food product.

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