Patent ID: 11945209
Assignee: SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
moving a substrate along a substrate movement axis, wherein the substrate has a surface having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion or a plane tangential thereto is angularly offset from the second portion or a plane tangential thereto,
printing on the first portion and the second portion of the surface of the substrate with at least one print head during a single pass of the substrate along the movement axis,
wherein each print head of the at least one print head comprises a first plurality of nozzles spaced along a respective nozzle row axis,
wherein the respective nozzle row axis of each print head of the at least one print head is oriented at an acute angle relative to the substrate movement axis, and
wherein a plane, that includes the respective nozzle row axis of each print head of the at least one print head and is parallel to the substrate movement axis, is spaced from the substrate movement axis.