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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Till Gmbh, Kelkheim (Taunus), DE;
Inventor:
Volker Till, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
TILL GMBH, Kelkheim (Taunus), DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4073 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotary drive arrangement for a machine for printing containers includes a turntable configured to hold the container to be printed and a format adapter connected to the turntable and configured to transmit a rotational movement to the turntable. A rotary drive is configured to drive the format adapter in rotation about an axis of rotation by means of a transmission element that engages with the format adapter, wherein, in an engagement portion of the transmission element, the format adapter is designed to match an outer periphery of a surface of the container to be printed.