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US 2022/0088918 A1Published application
Can body decorator having a mandrel pre-spin assembly and infeed improvements
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
1-12. (canceled)
A combination over-varnish unit and pre-spin assembly for a can body decorating machine, the mandrel pre-spin assembly being located at the inlet to an over-varnish unit, the mandrel pre-spin assembly including:
- a support frame;
- a rotatable application roller for applying a coating to can bodies after decoration has been applied to the can bodies by a blanket wheel;
- a pre-spin drive assembly supported on the support structure;
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- a mandrel drive belt driven by the 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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