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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1993
Charles T Groswith, III, Los Altos, CA (US);
William A Banks, Carrollton, TX (US);
Eugene F Duval, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Roger M Gray, Lewisville, TX (US);
Raymond D Heistand, II, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Barry C Kockler, Lewisville, TX (US);
Warren K Shannon, Highland Village, TX (US);
Robert E Smith, Woodside, CA (US);
William J Usitale, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Taurus Impressions, Inc., Moutain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A dual station hot debossing stamper for a report or book cover includes a print engine having a character finger daisy wheel forcer and a logo die forcer which are actuatable independently by a common servo motor through respective gear trains. The print engine moves line-by-line and a platen moves character-by-character. A print wheel is inserted and locked into the engine in a character debossment operation with a motor driving the print wheel. When using a logo die, the print wheel and casing is removed and using a loader-unloader tool the die is articulated under the logo die forcer. Insertion of a logo transfer tape cartridge shifts the gears in the print engine. A second character tape cartridge is used with the print wheel. A dedicated personal computer and associated software and firmware programs control the stamping apparatus.