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Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2024
Applicant:

Stolle Machinery Company, Llc, Centennial, CO (US);

Inventors:

Joseph John Allen Maurer, Aurora, CO (US);

Bryon L. Kajfosz, Littleton, CO (US);

Sayon Chandrakanthan, Lakewood, CO (US);

Russell Bauer, West Chester, OH (US);

Daniel A. Jansen, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Ian K. Scholey, Barnsley, GB;

Assignee:

Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 3/00 (2006.01); B41F 17/20 (2006.01); B41F 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 33/0036 (2013.01); B41F 17/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control system for a can decorator structured to apply images to cans includes a can inspection system structured to capture images of a can, a controller structured to receive the captured images and to analyze the captured images to determine a quality of the image applied to the can based on a comparison of the captured images and a reference image, and an adjustment assembly structured to adjust a circumferential or translational position of a plate cylinder attached to a plate cylinder shaft end of a plate cylinder shaft, the adjustment assembly including at least one stepper motor, wherein operation of the at least one stepper motor causes the circumferential or translational adjustment.


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