Printing machine with shuttle assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9782965-B2
Application number	US-201314012528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2013
Priority date	Aug 28, 2012
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

In an embodiment of the present invention, a number printing machine is provided. The machine includes at least one pallet, and an input to input at least the height and width of, and spacing between, a plurality of numbers to be printed on a substrate. The machine also includes a controller responsive to the input to control movement of the at least one pallet to print the plurality of numbers on the substrate in registration. In another embodiment, a method for printing numbers in registration on a substrate is provided. The method includes the steps of inputting into an input the length, width, and spacing between numbers to be printed, and positioning the substrate in response to the input such that the numbers are printed in registration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing machine comprising:
at least one pallet for supporting a textile to be printed on and mounted for movement along a rail by a motor between a print zone and a curing zone;
a plurality of print heads extending radially from a central hub having an axis of rotation and the print heads being moveable about the axis in a common horizontal plane into and out of the print zone;
a print head from the plurality of print heads is located in the printing zone and positioned above the pallet and moveable from a printing position to a non-printing position;
an input having a graphical user interface having fields for a user to input a number for printing on the textile and at least a height and a width of the number to be printed on the textile and a gap between adjacent digits of the number;
an output of the graphical user interface showing an icon representing the textile with the number on the icon, and a field showing the height dimension, the width dimension and the gap dimension; and
a controller responsive to the input to control movement of the at least one pallet using the motor to move the at least one pallet transversely on the rail to print the number on the textile having the height, width and gap.

2. The printing machine of claim 1 further comprising at least one curing station in the curing zone.

3. The printing machine of claim 1 wherein the at least one pallet comprises two pallets.

4. The printing machine of claim 1 wherein the number comprises two digits.

5. The printing machine of claim 1 wherein the input is a touch screen.

6. The printing machine of claim 1 wherein at least one of the print heads of the plurality of print heads has indicia to be printed on the textile.

7. The machine of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a field for a user to enter a curing time.

8. The machine of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a field for a user to save a user selected set of parameters for a print job as a recipe.

9. The machine of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a field for a user to select a recipe from a plurality of recipes.

Assignees

• M & R Printing Equip Inc

Inventors

• Hoffman Jr Richard C
• Magda Boguslaw W
• Mauban Bernabe Christopher

Classifications

• B41F15/0863 Primary

  with a plurality of flat screens mounted on a turntable · CPC title

• B41F15/02

  Manually-operable devices · CPC title

• B41F17/003

  Special types of machines for printing textiles (using the screen printing process B41F15/00; printing on knitted fabrics B41F17/38) · CPC title

• B41F17/005 Primary

  Supports for workpieces; Devices for securing the workpieces to the supports · CPC title