Apparatus and process for the post-production repair of converted can ends
OwnerShu An, Gregory Howard Butcherinventors
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Abstract
A process and an apparatus for the repair of the protective coating on converted can ends comprises a repair agent application station for the selective application of a radiation-curable repair agent onto at least a portion of the converted can ends, a repair agent curing station for the curing of the repair agent applied to the converted can ends, and a transport system for conveying the converted can ends from the repair agent application station to the repair agent curing station.
Claims43
An apparatus for the repair of the protective coating on converted can ends comprising:
- (a) a repair agent application station having means for the selective application of a repair agent onto said converted can ends;
- (b) a repair agent curing station having means for the curing of said repair agent on said converted can ends;
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- (c) transport means for conveying said converted can ends through said repair agent application station and said repair agent curing station.
An apparatus for the repair of the protective coating on converted can ends comprising:
- (a) a repair agent application station for selectively applying a repair agent onto said converted can ends;
- (b) a repair agent curing station for the treatment of said repair agent on said converted can ends;
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- (c) a transport system for conveying said converted can ends through said repair agent application station and said repair agent curing station.
The apparatus of claim l, wherein said transport means comprises a first transfer belt means and a second transfer belt means, wherein said first transport means conveys said converted can ends to said second transfer belt means.
A process for the repair of the protective coating on converted can ends comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a radiation-curable, fluid repair agent;
- (b) atomizing said radiation-curable, fluid repair agent with air inside a nozzle;
- (c) spraying said atomized repair agent onto at least a portion of the surface of a converted can-end;
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- (d) curing said sprayed repair agent on said converted can end by irradiation from a radiation source.
A process for the repair of the protective coating on converted can ends comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an electron-beam curable, fluid repair agent;
- (b) atomizing said electron beam-curable, fluid repair agent with air inside a nozzle;
- (c) spraying said atomized repair agent onto at least a portion of the surface of a converted can-end;
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- (d) curing said sprayed repair agent on said converted can end by irradiation from at least one electron beam source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.