Transfer device for hollow bodies printed or to be printed in a printing machine
US6631673B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41F17/22
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A transfer device with which the hollow bodies to be printed in a printing machine may be transferred from a supply conveyor means to a capstan plate associated with the printing device. Since the hollow bodies are supplied by the supply conveyor means with a distance between them, which is smaller than the pitch of the receiving capstans of the capstan plate serving to accept the hollow bodies, a transfer rotor is placed in between, which possesses holding units, which perform the hollow body transfer as part of a pitch matching operation. A similar arrangement may also be employed to transfer already printed hollow bodies from the capstan plate to a removal conveyor means.
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