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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Jonathan Ireland, Lancaster, PA (US);
Michael N. Soures, Webster, NY (US);
Bruce H. Smith, Webster, NY (US);
Donald E. Thresh, Fairport, NY (US);
James D. Vanbortel, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
What is disclosed is an object holder for securely retaining an object while it is being printed in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the object holder of the present invention. In one embodiment, the object holder comprises a metallic shuttle mount configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject marking material on to a surface of an object. A plurality of magnetic retainers are each shaped to physically secure the object to the metallic shuttle mount while the object is being moved.