Engraving machine for engraving offboard and onboard items
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United States of America
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Jun 4, 2024
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Abstract
An engraving machine is disclosed. The engraving machine may have a housing and an engraver located within the housing. The engraving machine may have a slot disposed on the housing for receiving a cartridge including an offboard item to be engraved. The engraving machine may have an onboard storage configured to store a plurality of tags. The engraving machine may have a carrier for receiving the cartridge through the slot and for positioning the cartridge relative to the engraver. The engraving machine may have a pick mechanism for selectively retrieving a tag from the tags stored in the onboard storage and for positioning the tag relative to the engraver. The engraver may engrave the offboard item or the tag based on a user selection.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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THE HILLMAN GROUP INC | 10590 HAMILTON AVENUE CINCINNATI OH 45231 |
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- 2020 Application Filing Year
- B44B Class
- 24 Applications Filed
- 16 Patents Issued To-Date
- 66.67 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Garikapati, Nalinikanth | Tempe, US | 6 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Wilkinson, David | Scottsdale, US | 50 | 847 |
# of filed Patents : 50 Total Citations : 847 |
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