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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Stolle Machinery Company, Llc, Centennial, CO (US);
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;
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US);
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.