Media processing devices for applying printable conductive elements

US11701908B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zebra Technologies Corporation · US

Inventors

• Nisa A. Khan · Buffalo Grove, US
• Gene A. Hofer · Lake Zurich, US
• Mohannad Abdo · Clifton, US
• Frederick Robert Grabiner · Livingston, US
• John E. Olson · Portland, US
• Steven J. Vandercar · Rolling Meadows, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/33
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A media processing device includes: a media processing head; a ribbon transport assembly configured to transport ribbon along a ribbon path between a ribbon dispenser and the media processing head; a graphite applicator disposed along the ribbon path, the graphite applicator configured to apply a combination of graphite and graphene to an active side of the ribbon via frictional engagement with the ribbon; and a media transport assembly configured to transport media from a media supply to the media processing head for transfer of at least a portion of the combination of graphite and graphene from the active side of the ribbon onto the media via application of at least one of heat and pressure at the media processing head.