Abstract:
A marking device for marking a truss element of a truss may include a print mechanism arranged to print selected truss information on lumber elements moving on a conveyance system passed the print mechanism, the selected truss information including one of an element identifying truss diagram, a truss plate location, and an intersecting member identifier, a position sensing device configured to sense the position of the lumber relative to the print mechanism, and a computing component, the computing component including a geometry extraction module for extracting the geometry of the element to be marked, an element marking generator for generating print instructions for the selected truss information, a position sensing module for interfacing with the position sensing device to ascertain the position of the lumber element, and a print control module for controlling the print mechanism to print the selected truss information.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for allowing a user to create a texture on a substrate while printing in line with inks are disclosed. An image of a desired texture may be provided, and the contrast levels may be adjusted to make the dark areas very dark and the light areas very light. The adjusted image of the texture may be provided to a press as one or more texture image layers. A color image layer may also be provided to the press. The press may print the texture image layers on the substrate first, allowing the ink to build up to create the texture. The final color image layer may then be printed on top of the texture image layers. The printed substrate may be folded to create a final image product, such as a gallery wrap for hanging on a wall.
Abstract:
A device for producing decorative patterns on clothing includes a variable speed motor connected to a clothing carrier which is adapted to hold and rotate clothing in response to activation of the motor within a covered housing equipped with self-closing ports through which paint can be applied to the rotating clothing while the operator is protected from paint being inadvertently thrown off of the rotating clothing.
Abstract:
A substrate veiling device which is adapted to apply threedimensional lines of paint to the surface of acoustical fiberboard products and the like. The products to which the paint is to be applied are moved through a painting booth on a conveyor, and a plurality of paint distribution housings are mounted in the booth above the conveyor. Paint is supplied under pressure to these housings and extruded through a plurality of orifices in the base of the housings in the form of continuous strings which then fall upon the surface of the products on the conveyor. The paint supplied includes a pituitous material and retains its three-dimensional configuration when applied to the products. The paint supply housings are mounted for translation in a circular path in a horizontal plane, and the combined translatory motion of the housings and the lateral motion of the conveyor beneath the housings produce a variety of decorative patterns on the fiberboard products.