Mark E Guckin, 7365 Knox Blvd, Middletown, CT 06457

6957030, Oct 18, 2005

Feb 7, 2003

10/360418

Mark E. Guckin - Middletown CT, US
David J. Logan - Monterey MA, US
Russell F. Croft - Tolland CT, US

Gerber Scientific Products, Inc. - South Windsor CT

G03G015/06

399222, 399147, 399296

An apparatus for digitally generating an image comprises a photoconductor assembly, a corona assembly, and a light source assembly to generate a latent image on the photoconductor. The apparatus also includes a developer assembly that includes a developer, such as powder paint, to generate an image. The apparatus may include a fuser for generating a film image. The apparatus of the present invention may include a cartridge for storing and digitally applying adhesive to the image. Furthermore, the apparatus of the present invention includes a controller for selectively controlling voltages to control thickness of the image. Additionally, apparatus may include a consumable sheet to remove excess adhesive from the substrate.

7325916, Feb 5, 2008

Aug 11, 2003

10/638587

Mark E. Guckin - Middletown CT, US
David J. Logan - Monterey MA, US
Russell F. Croft - Tolland CT, US

Gerber Scientific International, Inc. - South Windsor CT

B41J 2/01

347101, 347105

An apparatus for digitally generating an image includes a printer for generating a desired image either on a final substrate or a carrier sheet with the image then being transferred from the carrier sheet onto the final substrate. The generated image is “built up” on the carrier sheet or substrate to form a sign, thereby eliminating the need for the weeding process. According to one aspect of the present invention, the apparatus includes a printer that allows the digital application of adhesive onto an image, substantially placing an adhesive in register with the image, for subsequent application of the image with adhesive placed thereon. According to a further aspect of the present invention, a layer of adhesive is applied over a substrate. An image is built atop of the adhesive. A consumable sheet is then brought in contact with the substrate to remove excess adhesive, which is still disposed on the substrate, such that once the consumable sheet is separated from the substrate, the image remains on the substrate with the adhesive disposed therebetween.

2004024, Dec 9, 2004

Jun 4, 2004

10/860321

Henry Shaw - Steenvoorde, FR
Paul Gunneman - Helmond, NL
Cornelis Henricus van Hest - Helmond, NL
Mark Guckin - Middletown CT, US
Richard Dezso - Manchester CT, US
Wolfgang Strobel - Tolland CT, US

D06F035/00
D06B001/00

068/201000

Device for applying several substances in a specific pattern on a yarn moving along a path comprising several nozzles for ejecting droplets of substances to the yarn, each of said nozzles ejects droplets of a respective substance to the yarn and being connected with a respective substance supply for supplying a substance having a respective characteristic. According to the invention said nozzles are directed at an inclined angle with respect to the moving path of the yarn.

2008015, Jun 26, 2008

Dec 28, 2007

12/006110

Peter R. Baker - Hebron CT, US
Mark E. Guckin - Middletown CT, US
David J. Logan - Monterey MA, US
Russell F. Croft - Tolland CT, US

B05D 1/36

427265, 118313, 118620

An apparatus for digitally generating an image includes a printer for generating a desired image either on a final substrate or a carrier sheet with the image then being transferred from the carrier sheet onto the final substrate. The generated image is “built up” on the carrier sheet or substrate to form a sign, thereby eliminating the need for the weeding process. According to one aspect of the present invention, the apparatus includes a printer that allows the digital application of adhesive onto an image, substantially placing an adhesive in register with the image, for subsequent application of the image with adhesive placed thereon. According to a further aspect of the present invention, a layer of adhesive is applied over a substrate. An image is built atop of the adhesive. A consumable sheet is then brought in contact with the substrate to remove excess adhesive, which is still disposed on the substrate, such that once the consumable sheet is separated from the substrate, the image remains on the substrate with the adhesive disposed therebetween. According to another embodiment of the present invention, liquid film or structural ink is used to generate structure for the image.

2014002, Jan 30, 2014

Jul 25, 2012

13/557987

Mark E. Guckin - Middletown CT, US
Duraira Kumar - Sankarankovil, IN

H05B 37/02

315297

A method of providing synchronous control for a number of light-emitting diode (LED) units within a LED fixture is described herein. The method can include receiving an input signal. The method can also include sending, in response to receiving the input signal and for a period of time, a power-on delay signal to the LED units, wherein each LED unit includes a counter, a toggle, and a LED driver, where the power-on delay signal resets the counter, initializes the toggle, and disables the LED driver. The method can also include terminating, after the period of time, the power-on delay signal. A LED fixture and a LED unit within a fixture, having one or more components performing the aforementioned method, is also described herein.

5986686, Nov 16, 1999

May 12, 1995

8/440083

Mark Guckin - Middletown CT

Gerber Scientific Produccts, Inc. - Manchester CT

B41J 1128

347218

A thermal printing apparatus for printing graphic images on sheet material, such as a vinyl sheet, utilizes a platen drive to move the sheet material between a roller platen and thermal print head. The thermal print head presses the sheet material into engagement with the roller platen along a linear zone of contact, and a drive motor is drivingly connected to the roller platen through a series of drive gears to rotatably drive the roller platen, and in turn move the sheet material between the platen and print head. A pair of registration sprockets are mounted on opposite ends of a common sprocket shaft, and engage corresponding feed holes formed in the marginal edges of the sheet material. The registration sprockets guide and steer the sheet material as it is driven between the roller platen and the print head, and substantially prevent buckling or like distortion of the sheet material. A sensor is coupled to the drive shaft, and generates signals indicative of the rotational position and direction of the registration sprockets, and thus indicative of the position of the sheet material relative to the print head.

6206263, Mar 27, 2001

May 13, 1999

9/311167

Leonard G. Rich - West Hartford CT
Ronald B. Webster - Ellington CT
Mark E. Guckin - Middletown CT

Gerber Scientific Products, Inc. - Manchester CT

B65H23/18;26/00

226 30

The friction drive system for printing, plotting or cutting graphic images on strip material includes a feedback for a drive motor driving a plurality of friction wheels for advancing strip material in a longitudinal direction. The feedback signal includes a short-term response component and a long-term response component to accurately pinpoint the exact longitudinal location of the strip material. The short-term response component is generated by comparing a motor encoder signal from a motor encoder secured to the drive motor with a commanded longitudinal position of the strip material and passing the resultant differential error signal through an all pass filter. The long-term response component is generated by comparing a detecting encoder signal from a detecting encoder secured to a device detecting the actual longitudinal position of the strip material with the commanded longitudinal position of the strip material and passing the differential error signal through a low pass filter.

5156089, Oct 20, 1992

Dec 17, 1990

7/628620

Geoff McCue - Lawrence KS
Leonard G. Rich - West Hartford CT
Mark E. Guckin - Middletown CT
Russell F. Croft - Tolland CT
Jay T. Niland - Meriden CT

Gerber Scientific Products, Inc. - Manchester CT

B41C 104
B41C 114

1011284

A method for making a printing screen wherein a screen having an unexposed emulsion layer applied thereto is placed in a printing device, such as an ink jet printer, and a graphic is printed directly on the emulsion layer. The graphic is precisely and automatically positioned relative to the screen by orienting the screen with respect to the X, Y and Z printing axes of the printing device, alinging a selected location on the screen with a selected coordinate position on the X and Y printing axes and providing the printing device with data defining the graphic to be printed on the emulsion layer, data defining the dimensions of the screen, and data defining selected coordinates within the dimensions of the screen with which corresponding reference coordinates of the graphic are to register when the graphic is printed on the emulsion layer.