Machine for decorating two-piece cans
US3960073A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41F17/22
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A machine for the continuous overlay printing (color-on-color decorating) of cylindrical cans provides for the laying down of base coats on the can prior to the ink lay downs as well as a top coat after the inks are set in a sequence of operations which are performed at a plurality of operating stations arranged in a vertically aligned circle. The cans are conveyed to the machine and are held on mandrels which are arranged in a circle on a rotatable vertical index table and the cans are rotated about their individual axes and rotated by the table to the operating stations in discrete indexed steps.
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