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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ball Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US);
Inventor:
Dean C. Ellefson, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
Ball Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 17/00 (2006.01); B41F 17/28 (2006.01); B65G 47/24 (2006.01); B65G 47/244 (2006.01); B21D 51/44 (2006.01); B65D 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 17/28 (2013.01); B41F 17/00 (2013.01); B41F 17/006 (2013.01); B65G 47/24 (2013.01); B65G 47/244 (2013.01); B21D 51/44 (2013.01); B65D 17/165 (2013.01); B65D 2203/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of orienting and decorating container end closures is provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to position container end closures in a predetermined orientation and then decorate a predetermined portion of the end closures.