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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Michael F. Leo, Penfield, NY (US);
Brendan C. Casey, Webster, NY (US);
Wayne A. Buchar, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Daniel J. McVeigh, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for printing images on an object, the system including, a housing, a rod driven by a first motor, an object rotating subsystem positioned about the rod and arranged for reciprocal movement, an object rotating subsystem that includes a spindle and a second motor connected to the spindle and configured to rotate the object in a first rotational direction or a second rotational direction. The system further including a vacuum source connected to the spindle, a plurality of printheads, a curing lamp, and a controller connected to the plurality of printheads, the first motor, the second motor, the curing lamp, the controller configured to operate the first motor, the second motor, the plurality of printheads, and the curing lamp, wherein the plurality of printheads are configured to eject a first marking material onto the object and the second motor rotates the object in the first or second rotational direction.