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Printing device for containers

US9067405B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Heinz Humele · Thalmässing, DE
Roland Ederer · Geisingen, DE
Bernhard Domeier · Hohengebraching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2012
Grant date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F15/423
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing device for containers, such as bottles, cans or cups, with a screen to apply a screen print onto the containers, where a squeegee holding device that is guided by a continuous track holds an squeegee in such a way that while the printed image is being applied to the container, one end of the squeegee scrapes across the screen and forces ink through the screen onto one of the containers, and where the distance between the end of the squeegee and the squeegee holding device varies. Also, a container handling device, in the manner of a bottling plant, with such a printing device and a mechanical turret designed to guide the containers to a surface of the container contact device facing away from the squeegee. Also, a method for applying ink to containers in accordance with a screen printing principle.

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