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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Paul M Fromm, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey J Bradway, Rochester, NY (US);
Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, NY (US);
Linn C Hoover, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 11/00 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 11/005 (2013.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A universal object holding mechanism for holding three-dimensional objects for printing thereon uses an array of suction cups reciprocally connected to a vacuum box to acquire objects from a staging platen while in a horizontal position and then pivot into a vertical position for movement of the objects past print heads. A plenum connected to the vacuum box is valve controlled to allow a low flow rate to the vacuum box to acquire objects and then a high flow rate pulse to close off all un-sealed suction cups with ball valves.