Holding device for a hollow body with an open end and a pivotal handle for printing thereon in a printing machine

A holding device for holding a hollow body which is open at a first end and which has pivotally mounted thereon a handle defining an apex region, for printing on said hollow body in a printing machine, said holding device comprising:

• a support shaft,
• a rotary mounting member carried by the support shaft and adapted to mount a said hollow body,
• said mounting member having a first end at which there is provided at least one locking means which is movable with respect to the mounting member between an operative locking position in which said locking means is adapted to engage the apex region of a said handle and an inoperative position in which said locking means is disposed away from the arcuate path of movement of said apex region in the course of pivotal movement of said handle, and
• a support means which is adapted to rotate with said mounting member and which carries said locking means, whereby, in said operative locking position of said locking means, said support means serves as an abutment for said apex region and aligns same with respect to said locking means.

A holding device for holding a plurality of hollow bodies which are each open at a first end and which are each provided with a handle having an apex region and pivotally mounted thereon, for successive printing thereon in a rotary printing machine, said holding device including:

• a rotary assembly comprising a plurality of support shafts;
• each said support shaft carrying a respective mounting member adapted to carry a respective hollow body to be printed upon;
• an annular plate associated with a first end of said mounting member which is towards the respectively associated support shaft and which is adapted to serve as an abutment for the apex region of the handle of a said hollow body carried on said mounting member;
• a locking member for locking the handle of a said hollow body carried on said mounting member in a given position such as not to impede operation of the printing mechanism, said locking member being displaceable between an operable locking position in which it is adapted to securingly engage the apex region of said handle and an inoperative position in which it is inoperative to secure said handle;
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• means for displacing said locking means between its operative and inoperative positions.