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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ravi Venkataraman, Cookeville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Identity Group, INc., Cookeville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/142 ; B41J 1/144 ; B41J 1/146 ; B41J 2/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/142 ; B41J 1/144 ; B41J 1/146 ; B41J 2/32 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a thermal printer and a method for using the printer for printing on thermoplastic foam to form a relief image which is comprised of open cells in the area that is the transfer ink enclosed or sealed cells which is to be impermeable to ink or other print medium. More particularly, the present invention relates to a printer having a thermal head or thermal imaging means and method of using the printer to form an image on a thermoplastic foam, the image being comprised of a relief image of open cells and a background image of closed cells.