Secondary moving tag platen device for a printing platen
OwnerDarren Livingstoninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A secondary moving tag platen device is disclosed as it may be implemented for a shirt printing platen. An example of the secondary moving tag platen device includes a tag platen or tag surface and a handle. The handle is rotated between an open position and a closed position. An indexing mechanism rotates the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle. The tag platen moves to a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position, and the tag platen moves to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position.
Claims19
A secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising:
- a tag platen;
- a first axis member for mounting at a first fixed position on the shirt printing platen, the tag platen rotatably mounted to the first axis member;
- a handle having a cross member, a first leg, and a second leg;
- a second axis member for mounting at a second fixed position on the shirt printing platen, the handle rotatably mounted to the second axis member;
- and
- a linking mechanism between the first axis member and the second axis member to rotate the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle, the tag platen configured to move to a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to an open position, and the tag platen configured to move to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to a closed position.
A method of providing a secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising:
- rotatably mounting a tag platen at a first fixed position on the shirt printing platen;
- rotatably mounting a handle at a second fixed position on the shirt printing platen;
- rotating the handle between an open position and a closed position;
- indexing the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle so that the tag platen rotates into a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position;
- and
- linking movement of the tag platen in conjunction with movement of the handle so that the tag platen moves to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position.
A secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising:
- means for rotatably mounting a tag platen at a first fixed position on the shirt printing platen;
- means for rotatably mounting a handle at a second fixed position on the shirt printing platen;
- means for rotating the handle between an open position and a closed position;
- means for indexing the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle so that the tag platen rotates into a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position;
- and
- means for linking movement of the tag platen in conjunction with movement of the handle so that the tag platen moves to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position.
A secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising:
- a tag platen rotatably mounted at a first fixed position on the shirt printing platen;
- a handle rotatably mounted at a second fixed position on the shirt printing platen, the handle configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position to index the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle so that the tag platen rotates into a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position;
- and
- a linking mechanism for linking movement of the tag platen in conjunction with movement of the handle so that the tag platen moves to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.