Ball Corporation

Ball Coporation

Dean C Ellefson

Adam P S Stowitts

Gregg Coningsby

Edward D Archer

Adam PS Stowitts

Adam PC Stowitts

A container body decorator () has a controller () with a software stored in a memory. A plurality of ink-jet printing heads () is in communication with the controller (). A segmented image transfer blanket () has a circumferential configuration with an inner surface opposite a printing surface. A printing site () is located along the segmented image transfer blanket (). A container body handling module () delivers container bodies to the printing site ().

Container decoration apparatus and method

A container body decorator () has a controller with a software stored in a memory. A plurality of ink jet print heads () is in communication with the controller. An endless image transfer belt () has a circumferential configuration with an inner surface opposite a printing surface. A printing site () is located along the endless image transfer belt (). A container body handling module () delivers container bodies () to the printing site ().

An apparatus and method of orienting and decorating container end closures is provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to position container end closures in a predetermined orientation and then decorate a predetermined portion of the end closures.

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Lakewood, CO, United States of America

Dean C Ellefson