US 12,090,572 B2
Rotary laser engraving device
Jason Earl Rife, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Assigned to JER CUSTOM DESIGNS, INC., Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Jason Earl Rife, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,170.
Application 18/242,170 is a continuation of application No. 17/348,446, filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,019, filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0405714 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/362 (2014.01); B44B 3/04 (2006.01); B44B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 26/0823 (2013.01) [B23K 26/362 (2013.01); B44B 3/04 (2013.01); B44B 3/065 (2013.01); B44B 2700/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary laser engraving device for retaining and rotating objects to be engraved, the rotary laser engraving device comprising:
a frame comprising a central bar arranged in a longitudinal direction, a first support post extending vertically upward relative to the central bar, a second support post extending vertically upward relative to the central bar, and at least one support extension coupled to the central bar;
wherein the at least one support extension has a centroidal axis paralleled to the central bar;
wherein the central bar is offset horizontally from the centroidal axis;
a first support assembly carried by the first support post for supporting a first end of the object to be engraved;
wherein the first support assembly includes a first set of rollers engaged with a motor assembly to rotate the object to be engraved;
wherein the first support assembly includes a gripping mechanism configured to abut against an inner surface of the object to be engraved;
a second support assembly carried by the second support post and including a second set of rollers for supporting a second end of the object to be engraved;
wherein the first set of rollers and the second set of rollers are offset diagonally from the central bar of the frame;
a longitudinal adjustment mechanism carried by the frame and configured to move at least one of the first support post and the second support post in the longitudinal direction along the central bar to vary a longitudinal separation between the first set of rollers and the second set of rollers; and
at least one vertical adjustment mechanism carried by the frame and configured to move at least one of the first support assembly and second support assembly vertically along the first support post and second support post, respectively, to vary a vertical separation between the first set of rollers and the second set of rollers.