Image registration on edible substrates
AssigneeKellogg North America Company
InventorJeffrey Wes Martin
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Abstract
A method of making edible substrates that have an image registered on them in a consistent manner. The method comprises the steps of providing an edible substrate sheet, and an image source, wherein the image source has at least one image. Further, a trigger pulse signal is provided, which relays the frequency of a process element that is communicated to an image disposal device. The image disposal device uses the trigger pulse signal to determine when to dispose an image from the image source. Then an image is disposed on the edible substrate sheet with the image disposal device to form an image-disposed edible substrate sheet. And then a portion of the edible substrate sheet that comprises an image is separated into an individual piece.
Claims14
A method of making edible substrates having consistent registration of an image disposed thereon, wherein said method comprises:
- (a) providing an edible substrate sheet;
- (b) providing an image source, wherein said image source comprises at least one image;
- (c) providing a trigger pulse signal, wherein said trigger pulse signal relays the frequency of a process element;
- (d) communicating an adjusted trigger pulse signal from a signal processing unit to an ink jet printer, said adjusted trigger pulse signal comprising the trigger pulse signal and a status signal, said status signal comprising a signal from a cutting unit, said status signal relaying the frequency of said cutting unit, wherein the ink jet printer uses the adjusted trigger pulse signal to determine when to dispose each image from said image source,
- (e) disposing a plurality of images on said edible substrate sheet with said ink jet printer to form an image-disposed edible substrate sheet;
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- (f) separating a plurality of portions of said edible substrate sheet, such that each portion comprises a registered image disposed thereon into an individual piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.