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US 10,769,970 B2Granted
Sign manufacturing system
OwnerJack B. Martininventor
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Abstract
A sign manufacturing system includes a printing base, a printing panel with a top layer, pressure sensitive adhesive and a transparent bottom layer, a bridge component, a sliding assembly, including an assembly body, a cutting laser, a liquid ejection unit, a curing laser, and a control unit, such that the cutting laser cuts out characters in the top layer without affecting the bottom layer, and such that the liquid ejection unit deposits spherical domes of printing fluid on exposed surface of the transparent bottom layer to form a braille text.
Claims20
A sign manufacturing system, comprising:
- a) a printing base;
- b) a printing panel removably positioned on a top surface of the printing base, the printing panel comprising:
- a top layer,
- a pressure sensitive adhesive, and
- a transparent bottom layer,
- the pressure sensitive adhesive positioned between the top layer and the transparent bottom layer;
- c) a first component connected to the printing base, the component being configured to slide along a longitudinal direction relative to the printing base;
- and
- d) a second component, including:
- an assembly body connected to the first component, such that the assembly body is configured to slide along a lateral direction relative to the printing base;
- and
- a laser connected to the assembly body,
- wherein the laser is configured to emit a laser beam configured to point downward and impact the printing panel;
- wherein the laser beam is configured to cut characters out of the top layer, such that the characters are exposed by removing parts of the top layer.
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A sign manufacturing system, comprising:
- a) a printing base;
- b) a printing panel, which is removably positioned on a top surface of the printing base, wherein the printing panel comprises:
- a top layer,
- a pressure sensitive adhesive, and
- a transparent bottom layer,
- wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is positioned between the top layer and the transparent bottom layer;
- c) a first component slidably connected to the printing base, the component being configured to slide along a longitudinal direction relative to the printing base;
- and
- d) a second component, including:
- an assembly body slidably connected to the first component, such that the assembly body is configured to slide along a lateral direction relative to the printing base;
- and
- a liquid ejection unit, which is connected to the assembly body, such that an ejection point of the liquid ejection unit is configured to point downward, such that the liquid ejection unit is configured to inject liquid drops of a printing fluid on the printing panel;
- and
- wherein the liquid ejection unit deposits spherical domes of the printing fluid on an exposed surface of the bottom layer, such that the spherical domes form a braille text.
11 more elements
A method for printing characters for using a sign manufacturing system, the method comprising:
- providing a sign manufacturing including:
- a) a printing base;
- b) a printing panel, which is removably positioned on a top surface of the printing base, wherein the printing panel comprises:
- a top layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive, and a transparent bottom layer, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is positioned between the top layer and the transparent bottom layer;
- c) a first component slidably connected to the printing base, the component being configured to slide along a longitudinal direction relative to the printing base;
- and
- d) a second component, including:
- an assembly body slidably connected to the first component, such that the assembly body is configured to slide along a lateral direction relative to the printing base;
- and a laser connected to the assembly body, wherein a laser beam emitted from the laser is configured to point downward and impact the printing panel;
- and
- e) a control unit;
- controlling the sliding motions of the first component in the longitudinal direction and of the assembly body in the lateral direction;
- and
- emitting a laser beam from the laser connected to the assembly body, thereby cutting characters out of the top layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.