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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Ink-jet printing apparatus and method of printing seamless cans by using the same printing apparatus
Applicants:
Koji Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Hayashi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Hayashi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Assignee:
TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41M 1/40 (2006.01); B41J 2/005 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 3/54 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/40 (2013.01); B41J 2/0057 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41M 5/0088 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 3/546 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink-jet printing apparatus for printing seamless cans comprising a mandrel wheel, a plurality of mandrels that can rotate and are provided on the mandrel wheel, and ink-jet printing stations for ink-jet printing images on at least the can walls on the outer surfaces of seamless cans fitted onto the mandrels, and a method of printing seamless cans by using the same apparatus. A plurality of ink-jet heads are arranged in each of the ink-jet printing stations to improve reproduceability of printing and productivity.