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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Primera Technology, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Robert P. Cummins, Deephaven, MN (US);
Todd Britz, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Erick Hagstrom, Wayzata, MN (US);
Assignee:
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC., Plymouth, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); A23P 20/18 (2016.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); A23P 20/20 (2016.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); A21D 13/80 (2017.01); A21D 13/24 (2017.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01); A23P 20/25 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17563 (2013.01); A21D 13/24 (2017.01); A21D 13/80 (2017.01); A23P 20/18 (2016.08); A23P 20/20 (2016.08); B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 3/40731 (2020.08); B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41M 5/0041 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); A23P 2020/253 (2016.08);
Abstract
A printer and corresponding method of printing an image on a surface of a plurality of food products by providing a system having a printer with an extendable and retractable receiving arm and a rotating food product delivery tray for continuously and automatically providing delivery of unprinted food products which are retracted into the printer, printed on, and returned by the receiving arm to the rotatable delivery tray and the tray further moves to deliver subsequent food products for printing.