Replaceable donor sheet assembly with memory for use with a thermal printer
    1.
    发明授权
    Replaceable donor sheet assembly with memory for use with a thermal printer 失效
    可替换的供体片组件,带有用于热敏打印机的存储器

    公开(公告)号:US06603497B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-05

    申请号:US09726293

    申请日:2000-11-30

    IPC分类号: G01D1516

    CPC分类号: B41J25/316

    摘要: A wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material; and methods and apparatus for controlling the tension of the donor sheet during printing with a wide format thermal printer. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack. The vacuum workbed can include provision for determining the size of the sheet material supported by the workbed, and for controlling the suction applied to the apparatus in a worksurface of the workbed.

    摘要翻译: 用于在打印纸上打印多色图形产品的宽格式热敏打印机; 用于支撑用于执行诸如切割,印刷或绘图之类的工作操作的片材的真空工作台; 可替换的供体片组件,其包括与热敏打印机一起使用的存储器; 用于改进热敏打印的方法和装置,包括用于保存供体薄片并减少打印多色图形产品所需的时间量的方法和装置; 包括存储器的热打印头; 用于在片材上打印或执行其他工作操作的片材的对准的方法和装置; 以及在用宽格式热敏打印机打印期间控制供体片张力的方法和装置。 宽幅热敏打印机可以包括用于从盒式存储架自动装载供体片的盒的设置。 真空工作台可以包括用于确定由工作台支撑的片材的尺寸,以及用于控制在工作台的工作面中施加到设备上的抽吸。

    Replaceable donor sheet assembly with memory for use with a thermal printer
    2.
    发明授权
    Replaceable donor sheet assembly with memory for use with a thermal printer 失效
    可替换的供体片组件,带有用于热敏打印机的存储器

    公开(公告)号:US06243120B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-06-05

    申请号:US09288361

    申请日:1999-04-08

    IPC分类号: B41J1728

    CPC分类号: B41J25/316

    摘要: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack. The vacuum workbed can include provision for determining the size of the sheet material supported by the workbed, and for controlling the suction applied to the apertures in a worksurface of the workbed. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for controlling the tension of the donor sheet during printing with a wide format thermal printer.

    摘要翻译: 公开如下:用于在打印纸上打印多色图形产品的宽格式热敏打印机; 用于支撑用于执行诸如切割,印刷或绘图之类的工作操作的片材的真空工作台; 可替换的供体片组件,其包括与热敏打印机一起使用的存储器; 用于改进热敏打印的方法和装置,包括用于保存供体薄片并减少打印多色图形产品所需的时间量的方法和装置; 包括存储器的热打印头; 以及用于在片材上打印或执行其他作业操作的片材的对准的方法和装置。 宽幅热敏打印机可以包括用于从盒式存储架自动装载供体片的盒的设置。 真空工作台可以包括用于确定由工作台支撑的片材的尺寸以及用于控制施加到工作台的工作面中的孔的抽吸。 还公开了用于在用宽格式热敏打印机打印期间控制供体片张力的方法和装置。

    Wide format thermal printer
    4.
    发明授权
    Wide format thermal printer 失效
    宽幅热敏打印机

    公开(公告)号:US06493018B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-10

    申请号:US09288424

    申请日:1999-04-08

    IPC分类号: B41J2325

    CPC分类号: B41J25/316

    摘要: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack. The vacuum workbed can include provision for determining the size of the sheet material supported by the workbed, and for controlling the suction applied to the apertures in a worksurface of the workbed. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for controlling the tension of the donor sheet during printing with a wide format thermal printer.

    摘要翻译: 公开如下:用于在打印纸上打印多色图形产品的宽格式热敏打印机; 用于支撑用于执行诸如切割,印刷或绘图之类的工作操作的片材的真空工作台; 可替换的供体片组件,其包括与热敏打印机一起使用的存储器; 用于改进热敏打印的方法和装置,包括用于保存供体薄片并减少打印多色图形产品所需的时间量的方法和装置; 包括存储器的热打印头; 以及用于在片材上打印或执行其他作业操作的片材的对准的方法和装置。 宽幅热敏打印机可以包括用于从盒式存储架自动装载供体片的盒的设置。 真空工作台可以包括用于确定由工作台支撑的片材的尺寸以及用于控制施加到工作台的工作面中的孔的抽吸。 还公开了用于在用宽格式热敏打印机打印期间控制供体片张力的方法和装置。

    Method of selecting the cutting position for a cigar wrapper on a
tobacco leaf
    5.
    发明授权
    Method of selecting the cutting position for a cigar wrapper on a tobacco leaf 失效
    在烟叶上选择雪茄包装物的切割位置的方法

    公开(公告)号:US4204145A

    公开(公告)日:1980-05-20

    申请号:US902245

    申请日:1978-05-02

    摘要: A method of selecting the cutting position of a cigar wrapper having a given shape with respect to a natural tobacco leaf using a remotely created leaf image of a given tobacco leaf, which image includes the outline of the given leaf, the position of the leaf stem and the areas with holes in the leaf. This method comprises the steps of providing an outline image of a given cutter shape, shifting the outline image with respect to the leaf image until the outline image is in a selected position avoiding the outline, the stem and any hole areas of the leaf image, and then creating cutting coordinates indicative of said selected position for use in controlling a cutting position of the cigar wrapper cutter on a given leaf.

    摘要翻译: 使用给定烟叶的远程创建的叶子图像来选择具有给定形状的雪茄包装的切割位置的方法,该图像包括给定叶子的轮廓,叶茎的位置 和叶中有孔的区域。 该方法包括以下步骤:提供给定刀具形状的轮廓图像,相对于叶片图像移动轮廓图像,直到轮廓图像处于选择位置,避免轮廓,杆和叶片图像的任何孔区域, 然后创建指示所述选定位置的切割坐标,以用于控制在给定叶片上的雪茄包装机切割器的切割位置。

    Methods for calibration and automatic alignment in friction drive apparatus
    6.
    发明授权
    Methods for calibration and automatic alignment in friction drive apparatus 失效
    摩擦驱动装置的校准和自动对准方法

    公开(公告)号:US06637634B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-28

    申请号:US09217667

    申请日:1998-12-21

    IPC分类号: B65H2318

    摘要: A friction drive apparatus includes an edge detection system for determining a lateral position of a strip material advancing in a longitudinal direction. The edge detection system includes a first sensor and a second sensor for monitoring the lateral position of the strip material. The friction drive apparatus also includes instructions for automatically aligning the strip material as the strip material is advanced a predetermined aligning distance and instructions for calibrating the second sensor with respect to the first sensor to compensate for any potential discrepancies therebetween. The apparatus and methods of the present invention ensure that the strip material is properly aligned in the friction drive apparatus and limit waste of strip material during those operations.

    摘要翻译: 摩擦驱动装置包括用于确定沿长度方向前进的带材的横向位置的边缘检测系统。 边缘检测系统包括第一传感器和用于监测条带材料的横向位置的第二传感器。 摩擦驱动装置还包括当条带材料前进预定对准距离时自动对准带状材料的指令,以及用于相对于第一传感器校准第二传感器以补偿其间的任何潜在差异的指令。 本发明的装置和方法确保了带状材料在摩擦驱动装置中适当地对准并限制了在这些操作中条带材料的浪费。

    Blank for use in a lens pattern generator
    8.
    发明授权
    Blank for use in a lens pattern generator 失效
    用于透镜图案发生器的空白

    公开(公告)号:US4761315A

    公开(公告)日:1988-08-02

    申请号:US896840

    申请日:1986-08-14

    摘要: A blank having a rectangular shaped body from which a lens pattern is cut to the desired size and shape of a frame lens opening is connected to other identical blanks to form a chain for continuous feeding to a lens pattern generator. The blanks have ball and socket hinge members symmetrically arranged on each edge with a ball hinge member on one edge being opposite a socket hinge member on the other edge. The hinge members are offset with respect to a plane passing through the center of the body between the top and bottom faces of the blank so that the pivot axis of the ball and socket hinge members on one edge is in the plane of the top face and the pivot axis of the ball and socket hinge members on the other edge is in the plane of the bottom face. The blanks are connected together in a like edge-to-like edge fashion and indicia provided to identify the nasal side of the blank alternates from side to side when the blanks are interconnected in a chain. Rack gears embossed in the margins of the bottom face are provided for complementary engagement with drive gears in a lens pattern generator to advance the blank along a travel path in the generator.

    摘要翻译: 具有矩形体的坯料与透镜图案发生器连续地连接到其它相同的坯料上,该透镜图案从该矩形体被切割成所需尺寸和框架透镜开口的形状。 坯料具有对称地布置在每个边缘上的球窝铰链构件,一个边缘上的球铰链构件与另一边缘上的插座铰链构件相对。 铰链构件相对于在坯料的顶面和底面之间穿过主体的中心的平面偏移,使得一个边缘上的球窝铰链构件的枢转轴线位于顶面的平面中,并且 另一边缘上的球窝铰链构件的枢转轴线位于底面的平面中。 坯料以类似的边缘到边缘的方式连接在一起,并且标记被提供用于当坯料在链条中互连时从一侧到另一侧识别坯料的鼻侧。 在底面的边缘压花的齿条齿轮设置成与透镜图案发生器中的驱动齿轮互补接合,以沿着发生器中的行进路径推进坯件。

    Apparatus for producing a pounce pattern
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for producing a pounce pattern 失效
    用于生产捣蛋图案的装置

    公开(公告)号:US4745683A

    公开(公告)日:1988-05-24

    申请号:US59000

    申请日:1987-06-08

    申请人: Kenneth O. Wood

    发明人: Kenneth O. Wood

    CPC分类号: G01D15/04

    摘要: An apparatus for producing perforated pounce patterns from sheet material has a work-engaging surface for moving and supporting the sheet material. A tool carriage is supported adjacent, and movable relative to the work-engaging surface, and a tool mount is supported on the tool carriage and movable between elevated and lowered positions relative to the work-engaging surface. A pouncing tool is supported in the tool mount and has a tool shaft and a pouncing wheel rotatably suspended from the tool shaft. The pouncing wheel has a plurality of radially extending pins for forming a perforated path in the shape of a pounce pattern when engaged with the sheet material on the work-engaging surface. A keying member is engaged with the tool mount, and the tool shaft has a longitudinally extending keyway engageable with the keying member for fixing the orientation of the pouncing tool relative to the tool mount. A controller during movement of the pouncing tool relative to the sheet material along a line to be perforated rotates the tool mount so that the pouncing wheel axis of rotation is maintained at an oblique angle to the line of tangency between the wheel and the perforated line thereby producing improved perforations in the sheet material that do not tend to close after being formed.

    摘要翻译: 用于从片材制造穿孔弹丸图案的装置具有用于移动和支撑片材的工件接合表面。 工具托架相邻地支撑并相对于工件接合表面可移动,并且工具架支撑在工具托架上并且可相对于工件接合表面在升高和降低的位置之间移动。 一个弹跳工具被支撑在工具安装座中,并且具有可旋转地悬挂在工具轴上的工具轴和弹簧轮。 跳动轮具有多个径向延伸的销,用于在与工件接合表面上的片材接合时形成具有突起图案形状的穿孔路径。 键合构件与工具座接合,并且工具轴具有可与键合构件接合的纵向延伸的键槽,用于固定突出工具相对于工具座的取向。 在打击工具相对于片材的移动期间,控制器沿着待穿孔的线旋转工具安装座,使得突出轮的旋转轴线保持与车轮和穿孔线之间的相切线的倾斜角度,由此 在片材形成后不会趋于闭合的改善的穿孔。

    Knife and knife holder assembly
    10.
    发明授权
    Knife and knife holder assembly 失效
    刀和刀架组件

    公开(公告)号:US4732069A

    公开(公告)日:1988-03-22

    申请号:US47660

    申请日:1987-05-08

    摘要: A knife and knife holder assembly for use with a sheet material cutting machine includes a replaceable knife with a lower most tip point and a guard and clamp member having a shoe surface engagable with the material being cut to limit the knife's penetration. An adjustment means and a connecting means associated with the guard and clamp member and with the holder allow for quick and easy adjustment of the vertical position of the member on the holder to vary the amount by which the knife protrudes beyond the shoe surface, thereby adjusting its penetration, and also allows quick and easy movement of the member between tightened and loosened conditions relative to the holder, the knife being removable from and replacable in the holder and the member being vertically adjustable in its loosened condition, and the guard and clamp member in the tightened condition of the connecting means being itself fixed to the holder and also holding the knife clamped in a fixed position to the holder.

    摘要翻译: 与片材切割机一起使用的刀和刀架组件包括具有最低尖端点的可更换刀具以及具有与被切割的材料可接合以限制刀具穿透的鞋面的护罩和夹紧构件。 与保护和夹紧构件相关联的调节装置和连接装置允许快速且容易地调节构件在保持器上的垂直位置,以改变刀突出超过鞋表面的量,由此调节 其穿透力也允许构件在相对于保持器的紧固和松动状态之间快速和容易地移动,刀可拆卸并保持在保持器中,并且构件在其松动状态下可垂直调节,并且护罩和夹紧构件 在连接装置本身固定到支架的紧固状态下,并且将夹持在固定位置的刀具保持在支架上。