ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,883, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Dalton, Ga.).
"Methods and devices for printing on substrates" was invented by Thomas Odum (Tunnel Hill, Ga.) and James K. Henry (Rock Spring, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for printing on a substrate can comprise a conveyor that is configured to move the substrate along a substrate movement axis. The system can further comprise at least one print head array. Each print head array has a plurality of print heads, each print head having a respective orientation axis. The plurality of print heads can have at least a first print head and a second print head...