Patent ID: 9221281
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A system for enabling the sequential loading of a plurality of products to be printed on a batch-part printing machine while a previous loaded batch of parts is being printed, the system comprising: a printer machine frame supported conveyor belt with a gantry supported printer head arranged transversely thereover, the conveyor belt having a loading end; a loading system for enabling a plurality of parts to be printed, to be aligned in a print orientation at the loading end of the conveyor belt, wherein the loading system comprises a pair of spaced-apart, vertically displaceable lift members arranged across from one another at the loading end of the conveyor belt; and a product-receiving template adjustably supported between the vertically displaceable lift members at the loading end of the conveyor belt so as to enable temporary support and alignment of products on the conveyor belt to be printed, prior to their being printed by the printer head beneath the gantry, wherein the product receiving template has a plurality of product receiving openings spaced thereacross, to permit entry and alignment of products therein.