ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,033, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Multi-pole printing system and method" was invented by Timothy Joseph Boucher (Dillsburg, Pa.), Ryan Patrick Boucher (Chicago), Jack Quillin (Willowbrook, Ill.) and Brian Schwartz (Lake Zurich, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing system is provided that may include plural stations that load objects to be printed upon into the printing system, print indicia on the objects, cure the indicia printed on the objects, inspect the indicia printed on the objects, re-orient the objects, and/or unload the objects from the printing system. The printin...