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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Burke, Bolton, GB;
Assignee:
LTG Lufttechnische GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 40 ; 101 401 ; 101 37 ; 1984871 ; 19880312 ; 34105 ;
Abstract
A pin oven for curing a decorative or other coating laid down by a rotary decorator on cans has an associated transfer device by which the cans are decelerated and transferred in succession from the decorator onto the chain of the oven. The chain carries two cows of pins which are arranged in staggered and offset relation. By operating at a smaller chain circulating speed than the can output velocity of the decorator, the oven provides benefits in the size and thermal efficiency of the oven and reduced chain wear.