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US 12,454,126 B2Granted
Heat transfer press projection alignment system and method
AssigneeStahls' Inc.
InventorsBenjamin B. Robinson, Weiyu Zhang, Shubham Saha
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Abstract
A transfer press for applying a transfer to a garment includes an upper platen, a lower platen, a support head adapted to move the upper platen between an open position and a closed position, to apply heat to at least one of the upper platen and the lower platen to apply a transfer to a garment positioned on the lower platen, and a support arm assembly. The projection assembly is attached to the support arm assembly and extends above the lower platen, the projection assembly having a projector positioned to project an image to the lower platen, the image selected to match in size with the transfer to be applied to the garment, to guide a user where to place the transfer onto the garment.
Claims20
A transfer press for applying a transfer to a garment, comprising:
- an upper platen;
- a lower platen;
- a support head adapted to move the upper platen between an open position and a closed position, to apply heat to the upper platen and/or the lower platen to apply a transfer workpiece to a garment workpiece positioned on the lower platen;
- a support arm assembly;
- and
- a projection assembly attached to the support arm assembly and extending above the lower platen, the projection assembly including:
- an adjuster;
- a projection frame including a projector portion and a mirror support, the mirror support disposed spaced apart from and connected to the projector portion;
- a projector attached to the projector portion and positioned to project an image to the lower platen, the image selected to match in size with the transfer workpiece, to guide a user where to place the transfer workpiece onto the garment workpiece;
- a mirror mounted on the mirror support and positioned completely forward of the projector such that the projector projects the image forward and directly to the mirror and the mirror reflects the image downward to the lower platen;
- and
- an enclosure in which the projection frame, the projector, and the mirror are contained;
- wherein the adjuster includes:
- an adjustment block adjustably attached to the projector portion of the projection frame such that the projection frame is rotatable relative to the adjustment block;
- and
- a rotational adjustment mechanism positioned at least partially within the adjustment block, the rotational adjustment mechanism including a rotational plunger that rotates a rotational gear connected to the projection frame via rotation of a rotational adjustment knob for adjusting a rotational position of the projection frame relative to the adjustment block;
- wherein the adjustment block includes an opening;
- wherein the rotational adjustment mechanism further includes a gear rack positioned in the opening, the gear rack having linear gear teeth;
- wherein the rotational gear is at least partially disposed in the opening of the adjustment block;
- and
- wherein rotation of the rotational adjustment knob causes a linear motion of the gear rack and the linear gear teeth to engage with the rotational gear to cause the rotation of the rotational gear.
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A transfer press for applying a transfer to a garment, comprising:
- an upper platen;
- a lower platen;
- a support head adapted to move the upper platen between an open position and a closed position, to apply heat to at least one of the upper platen and the lower platen to apply a transfer workpiece to a garment workpiece positioned on the lower platen;
- a support arm assembly;
- a projection assembly attached to the support arm assembly and extending above the lower platen, the projection assembly including:
- a projector positioned to project an image to the lower platen to guide a user where to place the transfer workpiece onto the garment workpiece, the image selected to match in size with the transfer workpiece to be applied to the garment workpiece;
- a mirror positioned completely forward of the projector such that the projector projects the image forward and directly to the mirror and the mirror reflects the image downward to the lower platen;
- an adjustment block attached to the projector, the adjustment block including an opening;
- a rotational adjustment mechanism positioned within the adjustment block, the rotational adjustment mechanism including:
- a rotational plunger that rotates a rotational gear via rotation of a rotational adjustment knob for adjusting a rotational position of the adjustment block;
- and
- a gear rack having linear gear teeth, the gear rack arranged in the opening of the adjustment block;
- wherein rotation of the rotational adjustment knob causes a linear motion of the gear rack and the linear gear teeth to engage with the rotational gear to cause rotation of the rotational gear;
- and
- wherein the projection assembly and the mirror are contained within an enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.