Abstract: The present invention provides an easy to use multi-surfaced compatible printer without the necessities of a large physical box like body. The freedom of surface includes the choice of the surface, as almost any surface capable of being deposited on by printing ink can be used to deposit the printing ink. The Input method is allowed a degree of freedom as well ranging from Document Files to Images stored on smart-phone computers and other devices capable of transmitting data wirelessly and Speech to text conversions for taking clean and typed quality notes.
Claims:1. The Flexibility-Fluidity of the Device brush tip as described above uses a stacking of capillary tubes which maintain their internal space even as the tip bends and sways. This brush-like movement allows a smooth and fluid ink/paint delivery onto the surface.
2. The Oleophobic and/or Hydrophobic coatings present inside the interior surfaces of the Capillary Tubes(1) along with the Ink Tank(5) derives a smooth flow of the ink/paint, also preventing clogging.
3. The Guided Piston Like Flow(2) and the Pressure Pump(3) coupled system that works in accordance to deliver a smooth flow of the ink/paint from the Ink Tank(5) and simultaneously achieves the mixing of the Black and White or the Red-Green-Blue colours to achieve the desired grading of the colour that has been relayed.
4. Refilling with the help of the Pressure Pump(3) which maintains the pressure in accordance to the ink present inside the Ink Tank(5) and thus take in only the amount which can be taken in. The precise calibration of these components contribute to the pressure difference maintenance which is critical in pressure guided flow systems.
5. The calibration of the Button(12) and the utilities of the Button in accordance the working of the device is used to deliver portions of the image with respect to the initial grid which is recorded in the beginning. This is a much more hands on approach and helps the user visualize the exact locations he is printing something rather than using photo editing softwares. The presence of this Button helps to modify parts of a picture by introducing digital replications which sometimes become too detailed to be painted by the artist allowing a greater creative freedom.
6. The calibration and the mapping of position from the initial grid uses the help of the Position Guide(4).
7. The on-hand feedback relay which measures the vectorial nature of the speed and the intonation of the brush tip, thus providing ink/paint to the required and optimal and individual Capillary Tubes(1).
8. The instantaneous nature of the input processing allowing tasks like speech to text be done in typesets.
9. Pressure Locks which prevent interior spillage of ink/paint by the help of controlling the interior pressure of the device. The interior as well as individual component pressure adjustment in (1), (2), (3), (5), and (8) is done. , Description:The parts have been numerically described in accordance to the which serves to describe the entire layout of the invention stated. The individual components of the has been described down below:
1. Capillary Tubes:
describes the contact points of the capillary tubes (flexible) with the guided piston flow mechanism (Refer to object(2) from the diagram) or the Pressure Pump (Refer to object(3) from the diagram). The capillary tubes are flexible in nature and are hydrophobic and/or oleophobic depending on the nature of the base used in preparing the ink/paint solution.
Figures <1.2(a)> and <1.2(b)> help describe the flow and the swishing movements of the pen-brush tip not unlike a painting brush. Figures <1.1(a)> is represented in a detailed view in the figure <1.1(b)>, where the overlapped twin stacking of the capillary tubes help overcome the areas neglected while printing, which would have been present if using a monolith layer due to the thickness of the capillary tubes.
2. Guided Piston Flow:
The Guided Piston Flow mechanism works in accordance with the Pressure Pump (Refer to object(3) from the diagram), where the control of the ink flow from the Ink Tank (Refer to object(5) from the diagram) through the Capillary Tubes onto the surface takes place. The unit is more like a dummy guide which initiates the process of the ink flow and then alters the flow (stopping and restarting) by maintaining the interior pressure difference with the help of the Pressure Pump.
This simultaneous incline-decline of the interior pressure in the Capillary Tubes(1) causes the ink movement from the Ink Tank(5).
Furthermore, it can be also noted that the colour balance is maintained by the Central Processing Unit (Refer to object(6) from the diagram) relay to Guided Piston Flow(2), where the colour mixing ((Black-White) or (Red-Green-Blue)) takes place; the intonations of these colours are obtained by maintaining the normal ratios of the respective hues.
The homogeneous nature of the colour is achieved by the pressure mixing of these before the ink enters the Capillary Tubes(1) in the Guided Piston Flow(2).
From the , the cuboid bounded by the surfaces IJKL and BFGC are divided into two segments. These are relayed back to the Pressure Pump(3) by the outlets present in IJFB and LKGC; while the ink is drawn in through the surface BFGC which is in feed from the Ink Tank(5). It is here that the pressure guided system achieves the colour mix and thus the required intonation.
The AEHD, IJKL bounded space which is again further subdivided into two blocks provide the feed for the Capillary Tubes(1).
It is to be noted that the title of this subsection includes the word piston not because there are actual pistons involved, but because it is similar in function to a system where a mechanical piston is used to selectively push objects into particular channels.
3. Pressure Pump:
The Pressure Pump works in accordance to the Guided Piston Flow mechanism (Refer to object(2) from the diagram) which has been described in the previous point. The Pressure Pump helps creating the pressure difference which forces the ink to flow. This is relayed to it by the Guided Piston Flow which receives the instruction set calibration from the Central Processing Unit.
4. Position Marker/Tracker (Relay):
This component is used in the detection of the outline of the surface to be painted/printed upon. By the speed of the movement of the pen/paintbrush device, it also feeds this data to the Central Processing Unit(6) which helps in calibration and thus the rate of ink flow.
The drag of the device in a brush-tip down movement calibrates the vector accordingly. This sets the output ink flow along with the speed of the brush-like movement. The initiation of each new line starts from the grid which along with the vectorial component mapping helps determine the location co-ordinate of the device in every instant.
5. Ink Tank:
This is basically used to harbour the ink/paint used in the printing/painting process. The interior of the Ink Tank(5) is similar to that of the interior lining of the Capillary Tubes(1). This allows the device to use up the entire ink in the Ink Tank(5). Subsequently, clogging can be avoided and thus reducing maintaining charges. The Ink Tank(5) is divided into a two or a three segmented frame depending on either the Black-White or the Red-Green-Blue intonation that is to be delivered onto the surfaces (Look up Ink tones(11) in the Figure 0.1).
The Ink Tank(5) is also connected to a section through which the refilling process can be done, described later as the Ink Refill Inlet(8).
6. The Central Processing Unit (Processor):
The Processor(6) relays the instruction set to the Guided Piston Flow System(2) and the Pressure Pump(3) units to draw out the ink and calibrate its colour intonation. It also works from the feedback relay from the Position Tracker(4) and provides a concurrent instruction set to the Guided Piston Flow System(2) to deliver the ink onto the surface.
The scaling of the image can be done by the feedback relay the Processor(6) maintains with the Device which is communicating the printing material.
The Processor(6) also houses an inbuilt NFC or a Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth transmitter which it uses to wirelessly pair the said said device to the smart phone/tablet/laptop, etc.
The CPU of the device communicates to an application present on an input device, for instance a smart-phone and then performs the necessary controls to systematically guide the ink flow.
The Image/Text input to print occurs in the following steps:
1. Selection of the printable media.
2. Selection or tracing of the surface to be printed upon.
3. Scaling up/down the printable media in order to fit the entire area selected.
4. Dividing the input feed(consisting of the printable media) into segments that are printable in a single brush like stroke.
5. Calculating and controlling the ink flow with respect the movement velocity of the hand.
6. Calculating the part of the image left unprinted by using the feedback from the Position Marker/Tracker Relay.
The Voice-to-text conversion occurs in the following steps:
1. Voice-to-electronically-decrypted-text by the input relay(smart-phones and the likes.)
2. Dividing the input feed(consisting of the printable media) into segments that are printable in a single brush like stroke.
3. Calculating and controlling the ink flow with respect the movement velocity of the hand.
4. Maintaining the appropriate spacing between successive lines.
7. The Power Unit:
This component is used to supply power to maintain the wirelessly connected system along with the instruction relay that the Central Processing Unit(6) maintains. The Guided Piston Flow(2) and the Pressure Pump(3) need power as well, as does the Position Tracker(4). The Power Unit(7) provides power to the entire device and can be recharged by the help of the Recharging Port(12) present at the top of the Chassis(9).
8. Ink Refill Inlet:
This is where from the ink is refilled into the Ink Tank(5) by the help of the Pressure Pump(3).
The connections that are represented by (3x), (7x), (2x), (4x) are the respective connections from their numerically respective parts (as described in Figure 0.1). The Ink Refill Inlet(8) has been done by the help of the Pressure Pump(3) as it connects to fill the Ink Tank(5).
Finally, there is a Button(12) on the chassis which comes in handy when a particular image’s specific parts have to be printed and instead of using image editing softwares, the particular locations can be manually selected by the press of this Button(12).
| # | Name | Date |
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| 1 | Drawing [21-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-21 |
| 2 | Description(Complete) [21-02-2017(online)].pdf_71.pdf | 2017-02-21 |
| 3 | Description(Complete) [21-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-21 |
| 4 | 201731006063-FORM-9 [30-05-2018(online)].pdf | 2018-05-30 |
| 5 | 201731006063-FORM 18 [24-11-2021(online)].pdf | 2021-11-24 |
| 6 | 201731006063-FORM 13 [08-02-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-02-08 |
| 7 | 201731006063-FER.pdf | 2022-06-21 |
| 8 | 201731006063-AbandonedLetter.pdf | 2025-07-28 |
| 1 | SearchHistoryE_17-06-2022.pdf |