Material deposition device
AssigneeSignature Brands, Inc.
InventorsSean MORAN, Thomas Thiemann, Charles Hodges, Joshua Gordon
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Abstract
A material deposition device for decorating an object. The device has a housing as a structural framework, an object holder, and a container releasably coupled to the housing. The housing has an object support for supporting the object to be decorated. The container creates a volumetric enclosure with the housing. The device is configured to deposit decoration materials onto the object.
Claims20
A material deposition device for decorating an object with decoration materials, comprising:
- a housing as a structural framework, having an object support connected to the housing, the object support supporting the object to be decorated;
- an object holder connected to the housing top and configured to secure the object to be decorated by constraining the object in conjunction with the object support;
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- a container releasably coupled to the housing to create a volumetric enclosure with the housing when coupled thereto, in which the decoration materials are contained, wherein the material deposition device causes the deposit of the decoration materials onto the object upon imparting motion to the decoration materials within the volumetric enclosure.
An electric device for the deposition of decoration materials onto an object, comprising:
- a housing as a structural framework, containing an air circulator powered by a power source and an air membrane located on a housing top;
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- a container configured to couple to the housing to create a volumetric enclosure with the housing, wherein the air membrane is configured to enable air generated by the air circulator to pass into the container to deposit the decoration materials onto the object to be decorated and to prevent the decoration materials to pass through the housing top.
A method of decorating an object with a material deposition device comprising a housing having an object support connected thereto for supporting an object to be decorated, an object holder connected to the housing and configured to secure the object to be decorated by constraining the object between the object support and the object support, and a container releasably coupled to the housing to create a volumetric enclosure with the housing, comprising:
- a) selecting the object to be decorated;
- b) selecting the decoration materials to be used;
- c) securing the selected object to be decorated on the object support with the object holder;
- d) placing the selected decoration materials on the housing top;
- e) coupling the container with the housing;
- f) commencing circulation of the decoration materials within the volumetric enclosure;
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- g) ceasing circulation of the decoration material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.