Printing and coating apparatus
AssigneeMetal Box Limited
InventorsOrin S. Shutie, Leonard A. Jenkins
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus, for applying a first and second coating to the exterior surface of a can. The apparatus comprises a mandrel rotatably mounted on a pivotable arm, so that pivoting of the arm carries a can on the mandrel to a first position, in which it is held by a solenoid acting upon a portion of the arm, while a first coating means applies a first coating. Thereafter the arm is released for pivoting to a second position where it is held by a second holding means while a second coating means applies a second coating.
Claims8
Apparatus for coating a hollow article, said apparatus comprising a mandrel adapted to support an article and rotatably mounted on an arm pivotable from an article feeding position to first and second coating positions, a first holding means to hold the arm in a first coating position, a first coating means adjacent said first coating position, a second holding means to hold the arm in a second coating position intermediate said first coating position and said article feeding position, and a second coating means at said second coating position.
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