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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Ball Corporation, Westminster, CO (US);
Inventors:
Adam P. S. Stowitts, Arvada, CO (US);
Dean C. Ellefson, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
BALL COPORATION, Westminster, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 2/005 (2006.01); B65B 43/50 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01); B41F 17/22 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41F 17/22 (2013.01); B41J 2/0057 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 3/40731 (2020.08); B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B41J 3/445 (2013.01); B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B65B 43/50 (2013.01); B65B 61/025 (2013.01); B41J 2002/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
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 ().