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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Ojima, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kenyu Muraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Kashiwazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Asumi Suwa, Tokyo, JP;
SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system () is provided with plural image forming apparatuses () that form images on can bodies (), a can-body supply mechanism () that supplies can bodies () to the plural image forming apparatuses () successively, and a can-body discharge mechanism () that discharges the can bodies () on which images have been formed by the image forming apparatuses (). Each of the image forming apparatuses () receives, at a can-body receiving position (C), can bodies () supplied by the can-body supply mechanism (). Each of the image forming apparatuses () also discharges, at a can-body discharging position (D), can bodies () on which images have been formed. The can-body receiving positions (C) and the can-body discharging positions (D) are arranged more to the inner side than a circular virtual line (B) that passes through the centers of the image forming apparatuses ().