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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2006
Thomas Richard Helma, Wakefield, RI (US);
Terrence K. Jones, Jamestown, RI (US);
Raymond Eugene Maynard, Westerly, RI (US);
Richard Michael Sadeck, Westport, MA (US);
Thomas Richard Helma, Wakefield, RI (US);
Terrence K. Jones, Jamestown, RI (US);
Raymond Eugene Maynard, Westerly, RI (US);
Richard Michael Sadeck, Westport, MA (US);
ZIH Corp., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a printing assembly incorporating an improved double-sided image transfer station. The present disclosure also describes a product processing apparatus including a cross feed processing architecture. The single-pass double-sided image transfer station and cross feed processing architectures described herein provide numerous advantages over prior art product processing devices. In particular, the single-pass double-sided image transfer station provides for reduced print times, less shuttling of the product during printing, and a less complex, therefore, more reliable printing operation overall. The cross feed architecture provides an efficient processing path for the product through the device and facilitates processing modularization.