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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Wolfgang Buchkremer, Grevenbroich, DE;
Inventor:
Wolfgang Buchkremer, Grevenbroich, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 23/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4073 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for printing containers in several colors on an outer container surface with an imprint formed by a print image includes printing head units, a pair of transport systems for moving the head units along a first direction on a closed path, container receptacles, a second transport system moving the receptacles between a feed and a discharge. The transport systems form a printing section between the feed and discharge. One of the transport systems causes controlled and independent motion of the printing head units or receptacles along a motion path thereof.