Method of printing a pictorial image onto the circumferential outer surface of beverage bottles and filling beverage bottles in a bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material in rotary filling machinery and apparatus therefor
US9221275B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/0088
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A container-printing arrangement configured to print graphic, numeric, and/or alpha-numeric information or an image on an external surface of a bottle or similar container. The arrangement comprises at least one electrostatic print head having a plurality of openings configured to dispense printing liquid and a plurality of corresponding electrodes. The openings are located in a row one after another along a print head longitudinal axis. A container handling arrangement is used to position a container adjacent the at least one electrostatic print head to permit dispensing of printing liquid onto an external surface of the container.
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