Heat Press, Components, Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods
AssigneeCricut, Inc.
InventorsJames Alan Elzey, Xiao Peng, Yung Tseng Chen, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Grayson Stopp, Marc Korbuly, Thomas Crisp, Scot Herbst
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Abstract
A heat press docking station base (52) comprises a nest portion (75) and one or more legs (58). The nest portion (52) includes a body shell (60, 62) and a perforated floor (54). The body shell (60, 62) includes a lower surface (63). The perforated floor (54) is connected to the body shell (60, 62). The one or more legs (58) extend from a lower surface (63) of the body shell (60, 62).
Claims24
A heat press docking station base (52) comprising:
- a nest portion (75) including a body shell (60, 62) and a perforated floor (54), the body shell (60, 62) having a lower surface (63), the perforated floor (54) connected to the body shell (60, 62);
- and
- one or more legs (58) extending from a lower surface (63) of the body shell (60, 62).
13-20. (canceled)
A heat press (10) comprising:
- a deflector subassembly including a force deflector (36) and an insulation base portion (30), the force deflector (36) including an upper handle portion (36′), the insulation base portion (30) connected to the force deflector (36);
- a heating subassembly including electronics (38, 40), a heating coil (42), and a heat plate (16), the electronics (38, 40) connected to a power source (24), wherein the electronics (38, 40) includes at least one actuator (26) and a controller, the heating coil (42) connected to the electronics (38, 40), the a heat plate (16) thermally coupled to the heating coil (42);
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- a housing cover (12) that is connected to and at least partially encloses one or more components of both of the deflector subassembly and the heating subassembly.
24-37. (canceled)
A compact packaging subassembly of a heat press (10), the compact packaging subassembly comprising:
- a housing cover (12) including a proximal end (14), a distal end (18), a handle portion (20), a leading side portion (21) having a proximal end portion extending from a first end of the handle portion (20), a trailing side portion (23) having a proximal end portion extending from a second end of the handle portion (20), and a heating subassembly-receiving base portion (25) having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the heating subassembly-receiving base portion (25) is connected to a distal end portion of the leading side portion (21), wherein the second end of the heating subassembly-receiving base portion (25) is connected to a distal end portion of the trailing side portion (23), wherein the handle portion (20), the leading side portion (21), the trailing side portion (23), and the heating subassembly-receiving base portion (25) define a passage (22) extending through the housing cover (12);
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- electronics (38, 40) disposed within the proximal end (14) of the housing cover (12) and away from the heating subassembly-receiving base portion (25) that at least partially defines the distal end (18) of the housing cover (12).
41-44. (canceled)
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.