Schaafsma
Christopher Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL US
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20080223235 | INK LINER FRAME FOR PAD PRINTING AND DECORATING - A pad printing system includes a doctor blade and an ink liner frame removably attached to the doctor blade. The ink liner frame is removably attachable to an ink liner. A pad printing system includes a doctor blade, an ink liner, and an ink liner frame removably attached to the doctor blade, wherein the ink liner frame is removably attachable to the ink liner. | 09-18-2008 |
20090178583 | PAD PRINTING SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENT AND VARIABLE COMPRESSION DEVICE - A pad printing system includes a doctor assembly comprising a cliché, an ink cup, and a variable hold down force system configured to apply a variable force to the ink cup and doctor assembly responsive to a direction of travel. | 07-16-2009 |
20120180677 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PAD PRINTING WITH REMOVABLE PRE-FILLED INK CUP - A doctor assembly for a pad printing system includes a body and a doctor blade. The body has an outer surface and an opposite inner surface that defines a passageway through the body. The inner surface engages a removable pre-filled ink cup to secure the ink cup to the body. The inner surface directs ink from the ink cup through the passageway toward an ink-receiving surface of a cliché device. The doctor blade is coupled with the body and engages the cliché device. The doctor blade wipes the ink along the cliché device as the body laterally moves relative to the cliché device. The doctor blade is coupled with the body such that the doctor blade is laterally spaced apart from the inner surface of the body. | 07-19-2012 |
Christopher T. Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL US
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20090277347 | AUTO ALIGNING PAD PRINTER - An auto alignment pad printer for transferring print to an associated object includes a frame, a fixture for supporting the associated object and a cliché operably mounted to the frame. The cliché includes at least one etched region and is adapted to receive ink in the etched region. An ink cup is configured to deposit ink into the etched region. A pad applicator includes a pad support having at least one pad thereon. The pad is adapted to move into and out of contact with the etched region to receive ink from the etched region and to contact an object to transfer the received ink to the object. A pad applicator alignment assembly includes a first set of cooperating projections and receivers mounted to the pad applicator and to the cliché and/or the frame near to the cliché, and a second set of cooperating projections and receivers mounted to the pad applicator and to the fixture for supporting the object. The first set of cooperating projections and receivers are configured to position the pad for precise movement into contact with the cliché to receive ink from the cliché. The second set of cooperating projections and receivers are configured to position the pad for precise movement into contact with the object to transfer the received ink to the associated object. | 11-12-2009 |
20090277349 | ROTATING CLICHE PAD PRINTER - A rotating cliché pad printer includes a frame, a flat cliché operably mounted to the frame, an ink cup configured to reside on the cliché and a pad applicator. The cliché includes at least one etched region and is adapted to receive ink thereon in the etched region. The ink cup is configured to reside on the cliché and to deposit ink into the at least one etched region. The cliché and ink cup are rotatably movable relative to one another. The pad applicator includes at least one pad adapted to move into and out of contact with the at least one etched region to receive ink from the etched region. The pad is further configured to contact an associated object to transfer the received ink to the associated object. | 11-12-2009 |
20090281763 | METHOD TO ORIENT A SPHERE OR BALL - A method for aligning a sphere to a desired orientation includes imaging a non-surface alignment feature of the sphere and calculating a current orientation of the sphere based on an image of the non-surface alignment feature. Using these calculations, a relationship between the current orientation of the sphere and the desired orientation of the sphere is calculated and communicated to a motion control device, and aligning the sphere into the desired orientation using the motion control device. | 11-12-2009 |
20100175571 | DIGITAL CLICHE PAD PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A digital cliché pad printing system includes a conveyor for conveying a substantially non-elastic support medium, a material deposition jetting device for depositing a curable material onto the support in a desired pattern, the desired pattern having at least one void space, means for curing the material in the desired pattern, the cured material defining a cliché having a top surface, an ink delivery system for depositing ink in the at least one void space and for wiping ink from the top surface and a pad configured to contact the cliché to transfer ink from the void space to the pad the pad also configured to move into contact with an object to which the ink is transferred. A digital cliché media and method are also disclosed. | 07-15-2010 |
Paul Andrew Schaafsma, Noank, CT US
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20120212091 | Electric machine - An electric machine in accordance with the principles of the present invention comprises a rotor having rotor coils, a stator having stator coils, and a rotatable shaft. The rotor rotor is circular and includes at least one torque transmitter in the form of at least one bevel gear contained thereon. The stator is circular and is operatively positioned relative to the rotor, the rotor coils and the stator coils causing the rotor to rotate relative to the stator. The rotatable output shaft has defined thereon a torque transmitter in the form of a bevel gear contained thereon. The rotatable output shaft bevel gear engages the at least one rotor bevel gear. Thus, an electric machine in accordance with the principles of the present invention has removed a standard electronic machine internal connection to leave the internal section formerly compromising the connective sections open. | 08-23-2012 |
Stefan Hendrikus Schaafsma, Sittard NL
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20110000268 | COATED FERTILIZER - Coated fertilizer wherein the fertilizer and animal feed comprises particles coated with a biomass composition comprising 5-35 wt. % solid biomass particles with a D | 01-06-2011 |
20140260469 | METHOD OF MAKING CONTROLLED RELEASE FERTILIZER PARTICLES - The invention pertains to a method of making urea-containing particles wherein with a lower degree of cooling, high mechanical strengths are obtained. The method comprises the steps of (a) providing a first polymer 10 layer; (b) feeding urea droplets onto said first polymer layer, (c) cooling the droplets provided on the first polymer layer to a temperature between 55° C. and 120° C.; (d) applying a second polymer layer onto the first polymer layer comprising the droplets so as to form encapsulated urea droplets; and (e) separating the encapsulated urea droplets. | 09-18-2014 |
Stefan Hendrikus Schaafsma, Susteren NL
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20130055776 | FERTILIZER COATING - This invention relates to a coating composition for a fertilizer comprising at least 50 wt % of a cross-linked lipid; and less than 0.20 wt %, relative to the total weight of the lipid, of a catalyst for cross-linking an unsaturated lipid. The cross-linked lipid has a viscosity at 20 degree Celsius (° C.) in the range of 110 and 800 mPa·s. | 03-07-2013 |