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US 2021/0380355 A1Published application
Decorator assembly
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsJames W. Dominico, Weniek (Rex) E. Jablonski, Russell DiDonato, Leonard A. VerHoven
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Abstract
A decorator assembly includes a cup holder assembly, a cup transfer assembly, and a decorator mandrel turret assembly. The cup holder assembly is structured to hold a number of cups in a nested, bottom leading configuration. The cup transfer assembly is structured to move cups from said cup holder assembly to a decorator mandrel turret assembly. The decorator mandrel turret assembly is structured to rotatably support a number of cups.
Claims20
A decorator assembly comprising:
- a cup holder assembly structured to hold a number of tapered cups in a nested, bottom leading configuration;
- a decorator mandrel turret assembly structured to rotatably support a number of said tapered cups;
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- a cup transfer assembly structured to move said tapered cups from said cup holder assembly to said decorator mandrel turret assembly,
- wherein each of said tapered cups includes an elongated body having a base with an upwardly depending, and outwardly tapered, sidewall.
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