Patent ID: 9321256
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B41F,B41J,B41P

Claim Text:
1. An image application system comprising: an articulator assembly configured to hold a target object on which one or more images are to be applied from a web containing the one or more images, the target object including an exterior surface having one or more planar surfaces and one or more non-planar surfaces; an applicator device configured to contact the web to engage the web with the exterior surface of the target object at an application interface between the web and the exterior surface, the one or more images applied to the exterior surface from the web at the application interface; and a control unit configured to control a speed at which the articulator assembly moves the target object based on a speed at which the web moves, wherein the control unit synchronizes the speed at which the target object is moved by the articulator assembly with the speed at which the web is moved, wherein the articulator assembly is configured to move the target object in one or more linear directions and one or more rotary directions relative to the applicator device to apply the images to at least one of the one or more planar surfaces or the one or more non-planar surfaces.