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Ball Coporation

Michael Allen Bombulie

Charles Cooper

John D Efner

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 ().

Printing apparatus

A staple device with an extension rod allows an installer to use the device to hold and pull tension on a string of wired lights and secure them to a surface, such as the underside of eaves or soffits on a dwelling. The activation of the stapling device is achieved by a pushing motion against the surface to be stapled to rather than the squeezing motion of current stapling devices. The staple device also provides greater mobility to the installer as opposed to the current method of positioning and repositioning a ladder around the base of the dwelling. The present invention allows the installer to quickly traverse the base of the dwelling and install the holiday lights in a more efficient manner than with the use of a ladder and squeeze-type staple staplers.

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Westminster, CO, United States of America

Michael Allen Bombulie