Automated small volume production of instrument faces
CA 2108246 C · Owner: Nunes, Brendon G. · Inventors: Nunes, Brendon G.
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A method of producing an instrument face having functional indicia thereon (such as a clock face dial, thermometer face etc.), allows high quality, multicolor instrument faces to be produced in a cost effective manner even for small runs (e.g. 1-500 units). The instrument face is created in a computer in electronic format, and the computer transmits electronic signals to a color photocopier, to control it to print the instrument face on a sheet of paper. Thesheet of paper may be laminated to a more rigid sheet e.g. styrene, cardboard, acrylic or plexiglass and then an instrument face of the, appropriate geometric shape and size is cut from the sheet material. The face is assembled with …
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- Filed October 12, 1993 and granted July 6, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 12, 2013.
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