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Digital printing machine and method

  • US 9,327,493 B1
  • Filed: 10/12/2015
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A decorator assembly comprising:

  • a mandrel turret assembly including a rotatable turret, a number of mandrels, and a number of independent ink stations;

    each said mandrel rotatably coupled to said turret, each said mandrel extending generally radially from said turret, said mandrels disposed generally in a plane about an axis of rotation;

    said turret structured to rotate about an axis of rotation thereby moving each said mandrel over a generally circular path of travel;

    each said independent ink station disposed adjacent to the path of travel of said mandrels;

    each independent ink station includes a number of digital print head assemblies and a number of print head drive assemblies;

    each said digital print head assembly structured to apply an ink in a programmable pattern;

    each said print head drive assembly operatively coupled to an associated digital print head assembly and structured to move said associated digital print head assembly between a longitudinal first position and a longitudinal second position; and

    wherein each said digital print head assembly path of travel extends generally parallel to the axis of rotation of an adjacent mandrel.

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