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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Lsinc Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
James Richard Bullington, Athens, AL (US);
Christopher Shea Curry, Fayetteville, TN (US);
LSINC Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A printing system applies images on the exterior of an axially symmetrical object that has a varying exterior surface, such as occurs on curved wine bottles and sports equipment like bats. The printing system includes a movable carriage having rotatable locking end members for holding the object for printing stationary along its longitudinal axis, but allowing for controlled rotation of the object. The carriage moves the object from a loading area into a printing area and a plurality of movable printing head assemblies position a plurality of ink jet heads over the surface of the object as it is moved along a linear axis under the print head assemblies. Each print head is movable such that as the object moves underneath the print head tilts to match the local slope of the contoured surface as ink is being applied. The applied image is then cured with UV lamps during rotation.