公开(公告)号：US20240140084A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18547432

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: Ball Corporation

Inventor： John D. EFNER ,  Michael Allen BOMBULIE ,  Charles COOPER

IPC: B41F17/22 ,  B41F13/004 ,  B41F13/008 ,  B41F13/193 ,  B41F33/00

CPC classification number: B41F17/22 ,  B41F13/0045 ,  B41F13/008 ,  B41F13/193 ,  B41F33/0009 ,  B41P2213/124 ,  B41P2213/20

Abstract: A decorator (10) for printing onto cylindrical structures (18) has a plurality of inkers (12). Each inker (12) has a pair of opposing frame plates (40, 48). A printing plate (204) is affixed to a printing plate cylinder (200) carried by a rotational printing plate cylinder shaft (202). The printing plate shaft (202) is disposed between the opposing frame plates (40, 48). A main shaft (38) supports the inker (12) on the decorator (10) such that the pair of opposing frame plates (40, 48) are slidable along a length of the main shaft (38). A lateral adjustment servomotor (220) acts on a corresponding inker (212) to impart a movement by the inker (12) along the length of the main shaft (38).