Textile Systems & Supply, Inc.

Proprocess Corporation

Insta Graphic Systems

Insta Grahic Systems

John James Boyer

Steven M Raio

Nasser Pourmand

Steve Michael Raio

Harry Springer, Iii

Jesus Mendoza

A digitally controlled, manually actuated press comprising a housing having a lower platen attached thereto. The lower platen defines a generally planar top surface. Pivotally connected to the housing are left and right actuation handles, each of which is selectively movable between a loading/unloading and a press position. The press further comprises left and right transitional leveling members which are cooperatively engaged to respective ones of the actuation handles. Also included in the press are left and right upper platens which are cooperatively engaged to respective ones of the leveling members. Each of the upper platens define a generally planar bottom surface. In the press, each of the leveling members is configured to facilitate the rotation of the bottom surface of the corresponding upper platen into generally parallel relation to the top surface during the movement of the corresponding actuation handle from its loading/unloading position to its press position.

Digitally controlled clamshell press

A lamination machine for adhesively heat laminating adjacent surfaces of two lengths of material to each other. The machine includes a flatbed pre-laminating station with upper and lower pre-lamination conveyor belts and banks of heater components immediately above and below. At least one pre-lamination belt is vertically movable to establish and adjust a gap between belts while its associated bank of heating elements is vertically pressuredly movable to thereby tightly maintain proximity of heater elements, belts, and laminate materials. Situated immediately downstream is a pressure roller independently vertically movable to establish and adjust laminate gap distance and, during lamination operation, tensioned against a lower conveyor belt guide roller and movable by a roller pressure driver toward the guide roller. A flatbed cooling station is situated downstream from the pressure roller and includes opposing cooling station conveyor belts separate from those of the pre-laminating station to form a cooling passage therebetween whose height is established and adjusted by independent vertical movement of at least one belt, while its associated bank of cooling elements is vertically pressuredly movable to thereby tightly maintain proximity of cooling components, belts, and laminate materials in the cooling station. The pre-lamination and cooling station conveyor belts remain flat during operation and thus do not experience air gap production above and below heating and cooling components and consequent production of temperature inconsistencies. Further, the pressure roller position restricts air gap production on either side thereof, thereby maximizing temperature consistency throughout pre-lamination and cooling.

Flatbed lamination machine

A lamination machine for adhesively heat laminating adjacent surfaces of two or more layers of material to each other. The machine includes upper and lower opposing conveyor belts disposed one above the other to form a lamination passage therebetween and through which layers of material travel during lamination. At least one pressure roller is tensioned against the layers to be laminated. A heating module is disposed between the entrance and pressure roller, while a cooling module is disposed between the pressure roller and an exit. The heating module provides a plurality of rigidly maintained single-structure extruded heater components for melting an adhesion constituent disposed between the layers of material in preparation for lamination. Once the layers are pressured together to form a laminated product, that laminated product immediately enters the cooling module bearing a plurality of rigidly maintained single-structure extruded cooler components for cooling the laminated product as it travels through the cooling module. Rigidity of both the heater and cooler components can be enhanced by mounting hollow channels of both on respective rigid tubes. In this manner, a beneficial generally non-elastic lamination pathway is maintained for uniform production of laminated goods.

Lamination machine

A manually actuated heat press machine for applying a heat transfer to a substrate. The machine comprises a housing having a lower platen attached thereto. Pivotally connected to the housing is an actuation handle which is selectively moveable between a press position and a release position relative thereto. Attached to the actuation handle is an upper platen which is reciprocally movable toward and away from the lower platen thereby. The upper platen is attached to the actuation handle so as to be in substantial alignment with and in spaced relation to the lower platen. Cooperatively engaged to the housing and to the upper platen is a linkage mechanism for maintaining the upper platen in substantial alignment with the lower platen when the actuation handle is moved between its press and release positions.

Manual heat press machine

A manually actuated heat press machine for applying a heat transfer to a substrate. The machine comprises a housing having a lower platen attached thereto. Pivotally connected to the housing is an actuation handle which is selectively moveable between a press position and a release position relative thereto. Attached to the actuation handle is an upper platen which is reciprocally movable toward and away from the lower platen thereby. The upper platen is attached to the actuation handle so as to be in substantial alignment with and in spaced relation to the lower platen. Cooperatively engaged to the actuation handle is an adjustment mechanism for selectively increasing or decreasing the spacing between the upper and lower platens when the actuation handle is in the press position. A decrease in the spacing between the upper and lower platens effectively increases the level of compressive pressure applied to the substrate and heat transfer therebetween when the actuation handle is moved to the press position. Conversely, an increase in the spacing between the upper and lower platens effectively decreases the level of compressive pressure applied to the substrate and heat transfer therebetween when the actuation handle is moved to the press position.

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Yorba Linda, CA, United States of America

John James Boyer