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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2021
Ball Corporation, Westminster, CO (US);
Adam P. S. Stowitts, Arvada, CO (US);
BALL COPORATION, Westminster, CO (US);
Abstract
A container component decorating apparatus () delivers one or more art graphics to a plurality of container components in a manufacturing queue. A container component handling module () has one or more holders () which retain the container components to the apparatus (). The apparatus () has a supply of one or more fluids which are to be deposited onto the container components; A source of thermal energy () is thermally couplable to the container component. A thermal energy is transferred from the source to the container component prior to one or more fluid droplets from the source fluid being deposited on a non-absorbent surface of the container component.