Method and apparatus for printing selected information on bottles
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1. A method of printing selected information on bottles, comprising:
- conveying the bottles sequentially through a predetermined path including at least one printing station;
actuating an ink-jet print head at said printing station to discharge liquid ink droplets onto the bottle in said printing station; and
controlling said print head at said printing station to discharge said liquid ink droplets onto said bottle in accordance with the selected information to be printed thereon.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for printing selected information on bottles, by: conveying the bottles sequentially through a predetermined path including at least one printing station; actuating an ink-jet print head at the printing station to discharge liquid ink droplets onto the bottle in the printing station; and controlling the print head at the printing station to discharge the liquid ink droplets onto the bottle in accordance with the selected information to be printed thereon. Described, for purposes of example, are a closed-loop type conveyor and also a drum-type conveyor.
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1. A method of printing selected information on bottles, comprising:
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conveying the bottles sequentially through a predetermined path including at least one printing station;
actuating an ink-jet print head at said printing station to discharge liquid ink droplets onto the bottle in said printing station; and
controlling said print head at said printing station to discharge said liquid ink droplets onto said bottle in accordance with the selected information to be printed thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for directly printing selected information on bottles, comprising:
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a conveyor for conveying bottles through a predetermined path, said conveyor including an entry end at one end of said predetermined path, an exit end at the opposite end of said predetermined path, and at least one printing station between said entry end and said exit end;
a feeder at said entry end of the conveyor for sequentially feeding to said conveyor bottles to be printed with selected information;
a collector at said exit end of the conveyor for collecting bottles exiting from said conveyor after having been conveyed through said predetermined path;
an ink-jet print-head in said printing station oriented to discharge liquid ink droplets directly onto a bottle on said conveyor when located in said printing station;
and a control system for controlling said print head to discharge said liquid ink droplets onto said bottle in accordance with the selected information to be printed thereon. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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