Method and assembly for colorizing a substrate material and product created thereby
OwnerRichard Darby, Eugene Freiburgerinventors
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Abstract
A method and assembly for surface applying a color scheme to an article surface and including securing the article upon a worktable associated with a numerically controllable colorant applicator, such that a textured surface associated with the article is exposed to the colorant applicator. Additional steps include applying the colorant, in one or more successive coatings, upon the textured surface, following drying of which a sealant is applied over the colored and textured surface. Also included is a colorized article produced according to the above method and assembly, in addition to an associated computer writeable medium for executing numerically controlled application of a desired colorant scheme.
Claims44
A method for surface applying a color scheme, comprising the steps of:
- providing an article having a specified shape and size;
- texturing a surface of the article;
- securing said article upon a worktable associated with a numerically controllable colorant applicator;
- applying said colorant upon said textured surface;
- and
- applying a sealant over said colored and textured surface.
A numerically controllable colorant applying assembly for colorizing an article with a three-dimensional surface corresponding to a predetermined image comprising:
- a multicolorant fluid applicator traversable in an XYZ guided manner relative to said three-dimensional surface of said article;
- and
- a numerical controller for guiding relative motion between said fluid colorant applicator and said three-dimensional surface of said article, and a software program in operative communication with a processor output of said controller and containing a file associated with a colorant scheme to be applied onto the three-dimensional surface of said article by the fluid colorant applicator.
An article exhibiting a surface applied color scheme, according to the following steps:
- texturing a surface of the article;
- applying a colorant upon said textured surface in a numerically controllable fashion;
- and
- applying a sealant over said colorant applied and textured surface.
A computer writeable medium for surface applying a fluid based colorant scheme upon an article, comprising:
- a first subroutine for projecting a multidimensional and multicolored representation upon a surface of said article;
- and
- a second subroutine for traversing a numerically controllable and multicolorant applying assembly according to said projected representation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.