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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Volker Till, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Volker Till, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Till GmbH, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Abstract
Described is a machine for printing containers such as bottles or cans, with a plurality of treatment stations, on which printing heads and if applicable further devices required for the pre-treatment and post-treatment of the containers are provided, with a carrier for a plurality of containers, which are arranged next to one another on the carrier. In the process it is provided that the carrier can be transported via a conveyor belt from one treatment station to the next, in that a plurality of treatment stations each are arranged in line next to one another substantially transversely to the conveyor belt, in that the carrier is arranged substantially transversely to the conveyor belt and in that the treatment stations and the carrier can be moved relative to one another in substantially vertical direction. Instead of the conveyor belt, a rotary device can also be provided.