Printing – Rolling contact machines – Bed-and-cylinder
Patent
1994-09-14
1995-10-24
Bennett, Chris A.
Printing
Rolling contact machines
Bed-and-cylinder
101 45, 101 56, 101485, B41F 504
Patent
active
054600898
ABSTRACT:
An imprinter (10) for imprinting a formset (12) with embossed data from a card (14) and a plate (16) in accordance with the invention includes a flatbed (20) having a top surface (22) on which the card and the plate are held below the formset during imprinting; a movable carriage (24) having at least one rolling platen (48 and 50) with the at least one rolling platen imprinting the embossed data during movement along the flatbed; and a single piece skirt (26) having a periphery (28) which extends peripherally outside the flatbed and which is attached to the flatbed to from a unitary structure of the flatbed and the skirt with the skirt having a plurality of projections (30 and 32) extending inward onto the top surface of the flatbed with the projections defining a card receiving surface area (34) on the top surface of the flatbed for holding the card during imprinting and a formset receiving area (36) on the top surface of the flatbed for holding the formset during imprinting.
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Bennett Chris A.
NBS Technologies, Inc.
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