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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1985

Filed:

Feb. 29, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:

Charles F Davison, Brookfield, IL (US);

Robert M Myles, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Norwood Marking & Equipment Co., Inc., Downers Grove, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101295 ; 101320 ; 101359 ;
Abstract

A hot ink imprinter and method wherein a print head carrying a marking type face is swingingly supported by shafts extended through a pivotable mounting block for cyclical swinging, in one phase of which type face carried by the head effects imprinting of a workpiece, and in a second phase of which the type face is caused in the swinging of the head to roll in ink pickup relation on a rotary applicator inking roll. An air cylinder actuator may be provided for controlling swinging of the print head during pivoting and reciprocating movement of the shafts and a cam track engaged by a cam follower on the print head may be used to guide the print head in a defined path.


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