Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotating tamp head and automated dimension determination
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Application No.: US15715069Application Date: 2017-09-25
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Publication No.: US10407201B1Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Tyler B. Rodgers , Patrick Joseph Houlihan , David Arthur Ogle, II
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Athorus, PLLC
- Main IPC: B32B41/00
- IPC: B32B41/00 ; B65C9/42 ; B65C9/46 ; B65C1/02

Abstract:
Printing systems may include a rotatable tamp head that may be repositioned, as necessary, in order to cause a label to be printed in a specific location or in a certain alignment on an object. Such tamp heads may be repositioned as necessary where the label may cross a seam, a crease, a fold or another surface feature which might cause the label to be bowed or damaged in transit. The tamp head may be positioned in a manner that would enable any information, markings or bar codes thereon to remain legible and intact even if the label is applied across such a surface feature. An orientation of the object may be determined using one or more sensors aligned at various angles with respect to a direction of travel of the object.
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