Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.

Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLC

Howard H Plude, Jr

Charles M Hevenor

Kenneth O Wood

William J Tortora

Edward M Oscarson

Myron Moroz

Ronald A Kapushinski

A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.

Solenoid-driven automatic transfer switch

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.

Methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing

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.

Replaceable donor sheet assembly with memory for use with a thermal printer

In a process for choosing a color most closely replicating an object's actual color, a computer processor programmed with a database of sets of digital color data and the corresponding formulas for producing those colors using one or more thermal transfer foils, or vinyl sheet materials, is provided. The process includes sensing an object's color and producing a set of digital color data representing the sensed color. The set of digital data representing the sensed color is then supplied to the computer processor which is operated to compare the supplied set of digital color data to the digital color data stored in the database. The computer processor then outputs, to a display, a listing of the closest color matches found in the database, to the sensed color. The user then selects the color and formula defined by the digital information stored in the database corresponding to a color producible using thermal transfer foils or vinyl sheet materials, to that most closely matching the sensed color.

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Avon, CT, United States of America

Howard H Plude, Jr