公开(公告)号：US11110722B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US16668356

申请日：2019-10-30

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Michael F. Leo ,  Wayne A. Buchar ,  Brendan C. Casey ,  Daniel J. McVeigh

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41J3/54 ,  B41J2/135 ,  B41F17/28 ,  B41F17/00 ,  B41F23/00 ,  B41F17/18 ,  B41M1/40

Abstract: A printer includes a spindle that rotates a fibrous object opposite a plurality of printheads while a forced air heater directs heated air toward the surface of the fibrous object. The plurality of printheads eject drops of solid ink onto the surface of the fibrous object to form a solid ink image on the fibrous object and the heated air affixes the solid ink image to the surface of the fibrous object without requiring pressure to affix the solid ink image to the fibrous object.

公开(公告)号：US20210008868A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16506162

申请日：2019-07-09

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Michael Leo ,  Brendan C. Casey ,  Wayne A. Buchar

IPC: B41F17/10 ,  B41F17/00 ,  D06B11/00

Abstract: A thread printing system includes a source spool containing thread. The system also includes various print heads, each of which is fluidly connected to an ink tank. The print heads are positioned to direct and apply ink to a segment of the thread as the thread travels along a transport path along from the source spool. The system also includes a fuser having one or more print rollers that are connected to a heating element. The fuser receives the dyed thread and fuses the ink to the thread. The system may include a controller that is configured to apply ink of different colors to different segments of the thread.

公开(公告)号：US20190092042A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US15945367

申请日：2018-04-04

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Michael F. Leo ,  Brendan C. Casey ,  Wayne A. Buchar ,  Daniel J. McVeigh

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J2/15 ,  H04N1/387 ,  H04N1/00

Abstract: A system for printing images on an object, the system including, a housing, a rod driven by a first motor, an object rotating subsystem positioned about the rod and arranged for reciprocal movement, an object rotating subsystem that includes a spindle and a second motor connected to the spindle and configured to rotate the object in a first rotational direction or a second rotational direction. The system further including a vacuum source connected to the spindle, a plurality of printheads, a curing lamp, and a controller connected to the plurality of printheads, the first motor, the second motor, the curing lamp, the controller configured to operate the first motor, the second motor, the plurality of printheads, and the curing lamp, wherein the plurality of printheads are configured to eject a first marking material onto the object and the second motor rotates the object in the first or second rotational direction.

公开(公告)号：US20190001717A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-03

申请号：US16127841

申请日：2018-09-11

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Michael F. Leo ,  Wayne A. Buchar ,  Brendan C. Casey ,  Daniel J. McVeigh

IPC: B41J25/00 ,  B41J3/407

CPC classification number: B41J25/001 ,  B41J3/4073 ,  B65G59/107

Abstract: A printer includes a conveyor that feeds objects from a stack of nested objects to the printer. The conveyor includes a member having protuberances that extend from the member to hold the lips of objects in the stack except for the object closest to the printheads in the printer. A spindle mounted to a member is moved to be within an orifice of the object closest to the printheads to engage that object and pull it from the stack. The spindle rotates to facilitate the printing of the object. After the object is printed, it is released from the spindle and gravity directs the printed object along a ramp to an opening in the printer for collection.