Secondary moving tag platen device for a printing platen
AssigneeLivingston Systems, LLC
InventorDarren Livingston
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Abstract
A secondary moving tag platen device is disclosed as it may be implemented for a shirt printing platen. An example of the secondary moving tag platen device includes a tag platen or tag surface and a handle. The handle is rotated between an open position and a closed position. An indexing mechanism rotates the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle. The tag platen moves to a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position, and the tag platen moves to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position.
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A secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising:
- a tag platen mounted to a first axis member;
- a handle mounted to a second axis member;
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- a linking mechanism operatively associated between the first axis member and second axis member to rotate the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle, the tag platen moving to a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position, and the tag platen moving to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position;
- wherein the handle in the closed position clamps excess material of a shirt onto the shirt printing platen to keep the shirt flat and out of the way during a printing operation
- wherein while unloading a shirt, as the handle counter-rotates to the open position, a part of the handle crosses a path of a rear edge of the tag platen thereby stripping the shirt from the shirt printing platen.
A secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising:
- a tag platen;
- a first axis member for mounting at a first fixed position on the shirt printing platen, the tag platen rotatably mounted to the first axis member;
- a handle having a cross member, a first leg, and a second leg;
- a second axis member for mounting at a second fixed position on the shirt printing platen, the handle rotatably mounted to the second axis member;
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- a linking mechanism between the first axis member and the second axis member to rotate the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle, the tag platen moving to a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position, and the tag platen moving to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position.
A method of providing a secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising:
- rotatably mounting a tag platen at a first fixed position on the shirt printing platen;
- rotatably mounting a handle at a second fixed position on the shirt printing platen;
- rotating the handle between an open position and a closed position;
- indexing the tag platen in conjunction with rotation of the handle so that the tag platen rotates into a shirt loading/unloading position when the handle is moved to the open position;
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- linking movement of the tag platen in conjunction with movement of the handle so that the tag platen moves to a tag printing position when the handle is moved to the closed position.
A secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising a linking mechanism to rotate a tag platen in conjunction with rotation of a handle, wherein while unloading a shirt, as the handle counter-rotates to an open position, at least a portion of the handle crosses a path of a rear edge of the tag platen to strip the shirt from the shirt printing platen.
A secondary moving tag platen device for a shirt printing platen, comprising a linking mechanism to rotate a tag platen in conjunction with rotation of a handle, wherein the handle in a closed position clamps excess material of a shirt onto the shirt printing platen to keep the shirt flat and out of the way during a printing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.