Printer head for strand element printing

• Main Authors: Jackson, Warren, Mei, Ping, Ready, Steven E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.02.2022
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DYEING LEATHER, FURS, OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES INANY FORM; DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; EMBROIDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LAUNDERING; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SEWING; STAMPS; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TUFTING; TYPEWRITERS

A system and method of printing on a strand element with a printer head. The printer head includes a conduit and a cavity formed within the conduit, wherein the cavity is configured to receive the strand element and pass the strand element from a first end of the cavity to a second end of the cavity. The printer head also includes a first set of fluid nozzles formed on the conduit and positioned on a perimeter of the cavity around a first target location within the cavity, wherein each of the fluid nozzles in the first set is positioned to aim at the first target location, and the first target location corresponds to a location of a first segment of the strand element when the strand element is positioned within the cavity.