Can body decorator having a mandrel pre-spin assembly and over-varnish unit
AssigneeCrown Packaging Technology, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Egerton, Michael Jonathan Coates, Daren Blake, Michael Halstead, Damien Bailey
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Abstract
An over-varnish unit and mandrel pre-spin system for a can decorator, especially for beverage can bodies, can have a mandrel pre-spin belt that is outside of the over-varnish unit housing. The position of the can infeed on the mandrel wheel and the print point is controlled.
Claims9
A combination over-varnish unit and pre-spin assembly for a can body decorating machine, the pre-spin assembly being located at an inlet to an over-varnish unit, the over-varnish unit including:
- a support frame;
- and
- a rotatable applicator roller for applying a coating to can bodies after decoration has been applied to the can bodies by a blanket wheel;
- the pre-spin assembly comprising:
- a pre-spin drive assembly that is independent from a drive of the over-varnish unit and is supported independent from the support frame of the over-varnish unit;
- and
- a mandrel drive belt driven by the pre-spin drive assembly, the mandrel drive belt configured to contact mandrels for imparting spin to the mandrels before the mandrels are positioned for contact with an applicator roller of the over-varnish unit.
A combination over-varnish unit and pre-spin assembly for a can body decorating machine, the pre-spin assembly being located at the inlet to an over-varnish unit, the over-varnish unit including:
- a support frame;
- and
- a rotatable applicator roller for applying a coating to can bodies after decoration has been applied to the can bodies by a blanket wheel;
- the pre-spin assembly comprising:
- a pre-spin drive assembly including a pre-spin drive motor, a pre-spin drive shaft, a mandrel drive belt pulley, and mandrel idler pulleys;
- a mandrel drive belt driven by the pre-spin drive assembly, the mandrel drive belt configured to contact mandrels for imparting spin to the mandrels before the mandrels are positioned for contact with an applicator roller of the over-varnish unit;
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- an over-varnish unit enclosure that houses the applicator roller;
- wherein the pre-spin drive motor, the mandrel drive belt pulley, and the mandrel idler pulleys are outside of the over-varnish unit enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.