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Can decorating apparatus

US4741266A · kind A · utility

38Cited by
8References
71Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 8, 1986
Grant dateMay 3, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49904
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A decorator apparatus and methods for applying an ink image to cylindrical can body members comprising multiple station ink supply and transfer apparatus for transferring ink from an ink fountain to a blanket wheel through a plate cylinder with ink image registration adjustment apparatus and axial and circumferential tightness control apparatus operatively associated with each plate cylinder and each ink supply and transfer apparatus.

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