Ball Coporation

John D Efner

Michael Allen Bombulie

Charles Cooper

Kurt J Holland

A decorator () for printing onto cylindrical structures () has a plurality of inkers (). Each inker () has a pair of opposing frame plates (). A printing plate () is affixed to a printing plate cylinder () carried by a rotational printing plate cylinder shaft (). The printing plate shaft () is disposed between the opposing frame plates (). A main shaft () supports the inker () on the decorator () such that the pair of opposing frame plates () are slidable along a length of the main shaft (). A lateral adjustment servomotor () acts on a corresponding inker () to impart a movement by the inker () along the length of the main shaft ().

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Westminster, CO, United States of America

John D Efner