Character generation marking device

Claim 2

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray nozzles each adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in a predetermined arrangement to permit the sprayed line segments from a combination of said nozzles to produce a desired character, marking fluid supply means connected with said nozzles to supply marking fluid thereto for spraying said line segments, and valve means to selectively actuate desired combinations of said nozzles, said valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said nozzles to independently actuate the same, a closed loop series electric circuit including a pOwer source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, said switch consisting of a semiconductor controlled rectifier with associated circuit means to switch said rectifier on for a predetermined period.

Claim 3

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray nozzles each adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in a predetermined arrangement to permit the sprayed line segments from a combination of said nozzles to produce a desired character, marking fluid supply means connected with said nozzles to supply marking fluid thereto for spraying said line segments, and valve means to selectively actuate desired combinations of said nozzles, said valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said nozzles to independently actuate the same, a closed loop series electric circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, said subnetwork switches consisting of ganged rotary switches each having a number of switch positions equal to the number of characters to be generated, said switch positions of each of said rotary switches being selectively connected with its respective solenoid to successively generate a different character with each ganged switch position.

Claim 4

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray nozzles each adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in a predetermined arrangement to permit the sprayed line segments from a combination of said nozzles to produce a desired character, marking fluid supply means connected with said nozzles to supply marking fluid thereto for spraying said line segments, and valve means to selectively actuate desired combinations of said nozzles, said valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said nozzles to independently actuate the same, a closed loop series electric circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, said subnetwork switches consisting of ganged rotary switches each having a number of switch positions equal to the number of characters to be generated, said switch positions of each of said rotary switches being selectively connected with its respective solenoid to successively generate a different character with each ganged switch position.

Claim 5

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray nozzles each adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in a predetermined arrangement to permit the sprayed line segments from a combination of said nozzles to produce a desired character, marking fluid supply means connected with said nozzles to supply marking fluid thereto for spraying said line segments, and valve means to selectively actuate desired combinations of said nozzles, said valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said nozzles to independently actuate the same, a closed loop series electric circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, electromagnets respectively connected to independently operate each of said subnetwork switches, each of said electromagnets having one terminal end connected to one terminal of a power source, a plurality of character selection switches equal in number to the different characters to be generated and each having one end connected to the other terminal of said power source, each other end of each of said switches being connected to an independent selection of the other terminal ends of said electromagnets to generate the segmented character corresponding to each of said character selection switches.

Claim 6

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray nozzles each adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in a predetermined arrangement to permit the sprayed line segments from a combination of said nozzles to produce a desired character, marking fluid supply means connected with said nozzles to supply marking fluid thereto for spraying said line segments, and valve means to selectively actuate desired combinations of said nozzles, said valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said nozzles to independently actuate the same, a closed loop series electric circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, electromagnets respectively connected to independently operate each of said subnetwork switches, each of said electromagnets having one terminal end connected to one terminal of a power source, a plurality of character selection switches equal in number to the different characters to be generated and each having one end connected to the other terminal of said power source, each other end of each of said switches being connected to an independent selection of the other terminal ends of said electromagnets to generate the segmented character corresponding to each of said character selection switches.

Claim 7

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said fluid supply means comprising a closed loop fluid series circuit including a marking fluid source and a pump to provide a continuously recirculating marking fluid feed to said distributors.

Claim 8

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said fluid supply means comprising a closed loop fluid series circuit including a marking fluid source and a pump to provide a continuously recirculating marking fluid feed to said distributors.

Claim 9

The character generation marking device of claim 4 characterized in that said distributors are connected to parallel with one another in said closed loop series circuit.

Claim 10

The character generation marking device of claim 4 wherein said closed loop series circuit also includes a filter.

Claim 11

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said distributors comprising pneumatically operated spray guns, said valve means including a pneumatic pressure source operably connected with each of said guns and a solenoid operated pneumatic valve for each of said guns and connected intermediate each of said guns and said pneumatic source for independent actuation of said guns.

Claim 12

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said distributors comprising pneumatically operated spray guns, said valve means including a pneumatic pressure source operably connected with each of said guns and a solenoid operated pneumatic valve for each of said guns and connected intermediate each of said guns and said pneumatic source for independent actuation of said guns.

Claim 13

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said electromagnetic valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said distributors, said circuit means comprising a closed loop series circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, said switch comprising a semiconductor controlled rectifier with associated circuit means to switch said rectifier on for a predetermined interval.

Claim 14

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said electromagnetic valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said distributors, said circuit means comprising a closed loop series circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, said switch comprising a semiconductor controlled rectifier with associated circuit means to switch said rectifier on for a predetermined interval.

Claim 15

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said electromagnetic valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said distributors, said circuit means comprising a closed loop series circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, characterized in that said subnetwork switches are ganged rotary switches each having a number of switch positions equal to the number of characters to be generated, said switch positions of each of said rotary switches being selectively connected with its respective solenoid to successively generate a different character with each ganged switch position.

Claim 16

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liquid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said electromagnetic valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said distributors, said circuit means comprising a closed loop series circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, characterized in that said subnetwork switches are ganged rotary switches each having a number of switch positions equal to the number of characters to be generated, said switch positions of each of said rotary switches being selectively connected with its respective solenoid to successively generate a different character with each ganged switch position.

Claim 17

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liQuid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said electromagnetic valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said distributors, said circuit means comprising a closed loop series circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, characterized in that said subnetwork switches are operated by corresponding electromagnets, each of said electromagnets having one terminal end connected to one terminal of a power source, a plurality of character selection switches equal in number to the different characters to be generated and each having one end connected to the other terminal of said power source, each other end of each of said switches being connected to an independent selection of the other terminal ends of said electromagnets to generate the segmented character corresponding to each of said character selection switches.

Claim 18

A character generation marking device comprising a plurality of liQuid spray distributors each having a spray nozzle adapted to spray a line segment on an object to be marked, mounting means supporting said nozzles in cooperative arrangement with respect to one another to spray a segmented character master matrix on said object when simultaneously activated, fluid supply means connected with said distributors to supply marking fluid thereto, electromagnetic valve means operably coupled with said distributors to independently actuate the same, and electrical circuit means connected with said valve means to actuate a predetermined selection of said distributors, said electromagnetic valve means including a separate solenoid for each of said distributors, said circuit means comprising a closed loop series circuit including a power source and a switch and a character selection network consisting of a parallel connection of subnetworks equal in number to the number of said solenoids and each including a series connection of one of said solenoids and a switch, characterized in that said subnetwork switches are operated by corresponding electromagnets, each of said electromagnets having one terminal end connected to one terminal of a power source, a plurality of character selection switches equal in number to the different characters to be generated and each having one end connected to the other terminal of said power source, each other end of each of said switches being connected to an independent selection of the other terminal ends of said electromagnets to generate the segmented character corresponding to each of said character selection switches.