Foil stamping machine
OwnerYakov Miller, Yair Adarinventors
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Abstract
A stamping machine is configured for stamping with a stamping head onto an article, The stamping machine includes a camera and a computer system. The computer system includes a display. The computer system is configured to capture from the camera an image of the article prior to the stamping and presents the image on the display. A user selects a symbol using the computer system prior to the stamping onto the article. The user using the computer system, positions the selected symbol as a displayed symbol superimposed on the image of the article.
Claims15
A stamping machine configured for stamping with a stamping head onto an article, the stamping machine including:
- a camera;
- a computer system;
- wherein the computer system includes a display, wherein the computer system is configured to capture from the camera an image of the article prior to the stamping and presents the image on the display, wherein a user selects a symbol using the computer system prior to the stamping onto the article, wherein the user using the computer system positions said selected symbol as a displayed symbol superimposed on said image of the article;
- a plurality of dies in relief on an external surface of the stamping head, wherein the dies are individually locatable to oppose the article to be stamped when at least one symbol is selected by the user which corresponds to at least one of said dies, wherein the stamping head is mountable on at least one rotational axis;
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- a heating element disposed within the stamping head, wherein the heating element is rotatable within the stamping head around the at least one rotational axis, wherein the heating element is configured to heat the stamping head to a previously determined operating temperature prior to and during the stamping.
A method for stamping an article using a stamping machine including a stamping head, a camera and a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a display, the method including the steps of:
- capturing from the camera an image of the article;
- presenting said image on the display;
- selecting a symbol by a user using the computer system onto the article;
- positioning and orienting said selected symbol as a displayed symbol superimposed on said image of the article on the display;
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- wherein the stamping machine is previously calibrated to perform the stamping positioned and oriented on the article in the same position and orientation as said displayed symbol superimposed on the image of the article as presented to the user;
- wherein the stamping head is mountable on at least one rotational axis, wherein a plurality of dies in relief are disposed on an external surface of the stamping head;
- under control of the computer system, individually locating at least one of the dies to oppose the article to be stamped when at least one symbol selected by the user corresponds to at least one of said dies;
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- internally heating the stamping head to a previously determined operating temperature prior to and during the stamping by a heating element internally disposed within the stamping head and rotatable with the stamping head around the at least one rotational axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.