Electric heating – Metal heating – By arc
Patent
1994-02-04
1995-08-22
Paschall, Mark H.
Electric heating
Metal heating
By arc
21912171, 21912185, 21912168, 101157, 101 99, 101169, B23K 2606, B23K 2608
Patent
active
054442125
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for inking or printing on the surface of an item, such as a badge or emblem, is described. The apparatus incorporates a number of sub-systems including: an apparatus for holding and positioning blank screen material; a laser ablation system for producing the desired hole pattern in the blank screen material to form screens; a print/ink station; a table assembly for supporting a plurality of labels or emblems and moving such labels or emblems sequentially to the print station; and an apparatus for moving the screens to the print/ink station. The apparatus also includes heater for drying the ink after the printing/inking step is completed. The apparatus for producing the patterns includes a laser, mirrors for moving the beam in the x and y directions, and optics for focusing the beam on the blank screen material. The inking station includes an ink tray, a reciprocating squeegee and blades for wiping ink from the leading edges of the squeegee after the squeegee passes over the pattern.
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Ackley Kevin
Forti Steven
MacNaughton George
Whittington Douglas
Paschall Mark H.
Wear Guard Corp.
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