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Object holder for a direct-to-object printer

  • US 10,076,901 B1
  • Filed: 04/03/2017
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object holder for retaining an object in a direct-to-object print system, the object holder comprising:

  • a shuttle mount configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead of a direct-to-object print system;

    at least one block of memory foam attached to the shuttle mount; and

    a pump for drawing a volume of air through a hole in the foam block such that, when a vacuum is drawn through the hole, a difference in air pressure causes an object to be pressed against the block of memory foam, the foam block partially deforming to a shape of the object.

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