Direct drive applicator for foil printing
First Claim
1. A manually operated, manually activated foil applicator comprising:
- a planar base housing;
a first and a second side support plate, spaced apart from each other and supported by said planar base housing;
a first elongate roller rotatably supported between said side support plates and rotatably powered;
a housing cover, supported by said planar base housing;
manually controlled heating means for controlling the temperature of said first elongate roller, supported by said housing cover and within said first elongate roller;
a second elongate roller rotatably supported between said side support plates and pivotally supported at a second axis parallel to said first axis and manually moveable out of engagement and into engagement with said first elongate roller;
a handle, connected to pivot with said second elongate roller, and extending beyond the limit of said housing cover, for enabling manual pivotally movement of said second elongate roller out of and into engagement with said first elongate roller; and
catch means, carried partially within said handle, and pivotable with respect to said handle, for locking said handle means into a first position where said second elongate roller is out of engagement with said first elongate roller and for releasing said handle means from said first position and bringing said second elongate roller toward engagement with said first elongate roller.
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Abstract
The direct drive applicator for foil printing of the present invention discloses a light weight, portable, device advantageous in performing foil printing and laminating which is about the size of a type writer, and contains separate speed and temperature controls so that an operator can rapidly adjust the operation of the machine to quickly optimize the printing or laminating characteristics. The inventive machine contains a foil laminate supply reel and foil laminate takeup reel which are properly tensioned to provide an area of foil laminate under tension on both sides of a heated pressure roller to insure that crumpling or wrinkling of the foil laminate does not occur on printing.
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9 Claims
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1. A manually operated, manually activated foil applicator comprising:
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a planar base housing; a first and a second side support plate, spaced apart from each other and supported by said planar base housing; a first elongate roller rotatably supported between said side support plates and rotatably powered; a housing cover, supported by said planar base housing; manually controlled heating means for controlling the temperature of said first elongate roller, supported by said housing cover and within said first elongate roller; a second elongate roller rotatably supported between said side support plates and pivotally supported at a second axis parallel to said first axis and manually moveable out of engagement and into engagement with said first elongate roller; a handle, connected to pivot with said second elongate roller, and extending beyond the limit of said housing cover, for enabling manual pivotally movement of said second elongate roller out of and into engagement with said first elongate roller; and catch means, carried partially within said handle, and pivotable with respect to said handle, for locking said handle means into a first position where said second elongate roller is out of engagement with said first elongate roller and for releasing said handle means from said first position and bringing said second elongate roller toward engagement with said first elongate roller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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