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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Frank Putzer, Hamburg, DE;
Katrin Preckel, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Manfred Pschichholz, Kamen, DE;
Martin Schach, Bochum, DE;
Frank Putzer, Hamburg, DE;
Katrin Preckel, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Manfred Pschichholz, Kamen, DE;
Martin Schach, Bochum, DE;
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a printing apparatus for printing bottles or similar containers, having several printing positions on a transport element, which can be driven in rotation, by which the printing positions and/or the containers are moved on a closed path of movement between at least one container take-up and at least one container drop, having rotating print heads for applying at least one print image, preferably multi-color, onto a region to be printed on the external container surface of the containers, in the event of relative movement of the external container surface and at least one print head, wherein at least one enclosure is present, into which each of the containers, which are provided at a print position, is housed during the printing process with at least the region to be printed thereof.