Marking Device
AssigneeAmerican Labelmark Company
InventorMichael J. Kaufman
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Abstract
A marking device for displaying indicia and a method of displaying indicia in a marking device are disclosed. The method includes a substantially rectangular marking device frame comprising first and second edges parallel to a first axes and a third and fourth edges parallel to a second axis, wherein the first and second axes are orthogonal. A first set of tiles and a second set of tiles are secured to the marking device frame. The first set of tiles and the second set of tiles are disposed adjacent to one another along the first axis. A first tile of the first set of tiles is exposed to display a first portion of the indicia printed thereon and a second tile of the second set of tiles is exposed to display a second portion of the indicia printed thereon.
Claims20
A marking device for displaying indicia, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular marking device frame comprising first and second edges parallel to a first axes and a third and fourth edges parallel to a second axis, wherein the first and second axes are orthogonal;
- a first set of tiles secured to the marking device frame;
- a second set of tiles secured to the marking device frame, wherein the first set of tiles and the second set of tiles are disposed adjacent to one another along the first axis;
- wherein a first tile of the first set of tiles is exposed to display a first portion of the indicia printed thereon and a second tile of the second set of tiles is exposed to display a second portion of the indicia printed thereon.
A method of displaying indicia in a marking device, wherein the marking device includes a substantially rectangular marking device frame comprising first and second edges parallel to a first axes and third and fourth edges parallel to a second axis, wherein the first and second axes are orthogonal, comprising the steps of:
- securing a first set of tiles secured to the marking device frame;
- securing a second set of tiles secured to the marking device frame, wherein the first set of tiles and the second set of tiles are disposed adjacent to one another along the first axis;
- exposing one of the first set of tiles to display a first portion of the indicia printed thereon;
- exposing one of the second set of tiles to display a second portion of the indicia printed thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.