Fred W Martin

US Patent:

6538767, Mar 25, 2003

Filed:

Jan 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/493412

Inventors:

Alan E. Over - Duluth GA
Fred Martin - Knoxville TN

Assignee:

Designer Image Technologies, Inc. - Duluth GA

International Classification:

G06K 1500

US Classification:

358 118, 358 15

Abstract:

A printing system and method applies images to an object, such as a golf ball, through the use of one or more print heads. The object is mounted in a manipulator assembly that rotates the object as the image is transferred to the object. The print head is also movable with respect to the object so that it is at a desired distance from the object as it prints from one end of the object to the other. A plurality of print heads may be provided with each print head applying a different color to the object. These print heads may be arranged in a vertical fashion with the object traveling in a vertical direction between the print heads or the object may be mounted on a rotatable table with the print heads situated about the perimeter of the table. Images to be applied to the object are broken down into their constituent colors with the image data for each color being provided to a separate print head. The image data for each color is further broken down into individual tracks that are successively applied to the object.

US Patent:

44629516, Jul 31, 1984

Filed:

Mar 17, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/476032

Inventors:

Fred E. Martin - Coral Gables FL

International Classification:

B28B 1306

US Classification:

264334

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for extracting large form panels used in forming floor slabs on poured-in-place, multi-story concrete structures from beneath the slab they last formed. The preferred embodiment apparatus, called a panel picker, includes a frame held by a crane above and adjacent to the last formed slab; the frame is anchored to the slab and contains hoists on movable trolleys for attaching to and lifting the form panel. The movement of the trolleys permits attachment to the panel picker to be made in two steps and without the panel being unsupportedly cantilevered out to where a crane could attach directly to the panel.