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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Joseph J. Gilberti, Avon, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus for curing ink, paint and coatings on containers and articles which includes a rotatably mounted assembly that includes a plurality of workstations disposed about the periphery thereof, an emitter disposed next to the periphery of the rotatably mounted assembly, and apparatus sequentially positioning respective workstations in front of the emitter. In some forms of the invention the emitter is an ultraviolet radiation emitter and the apparatus for sequentially positioning includes apparatus for causing the workstations to dwell next to the emitter. Some forms of the invention include apparatus for selectively rotating at least some of the workstations when that workstation is in front of the emitter. Some forms of the invention include an apparatus for holding an associated work piece on at least some of the workstations.