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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Ball Corporation, Westminster, CO;

Inventors:

Michael W. Miller, Erie, CO (US);

Adam P. S. Stowitts, Arvada, CO;

Assignee:

BALL COPORATION, Westminster, CO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B41J 29/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for decorating multiple containers in a single manufacturing run has a decorator, which includes a source of ink and print site where an ink graphic is deposited to each container in a plurality of containers that make up a manufacturing queue. An inspection station is located downstream from the decorator. The inspection station performs an optical evaluation of a quality of a pattern of ink deposited on at least one container in the plurality of containers A closed-loop feedback is responsive to the inspection station wherein the decorator is automatically adjusted in response to the optical evaluation performed at the inspection station.


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