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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert Paul Cassoni, Dayton, OH (US);
Christopher Lawrence Smith, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Inventors:
Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert Paul Cassoni, Dayton, OH (US);
Christopher Lawrence Smith, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for applying indicia to a curved surface, including a compound curved surface having multiple axes of curvature. The curved surface is deformed to eliminate one axis of curvature. The invention is usable with hourglass or barrel shaped surfaces, as occur with containers, and to apply labels and other indicia to these surfaces.