APPARATUS FOR PRINTING CONTAINER SIDEWALLS

摘要

Apparatus for printing indicia in a continuous operation on the side walls of containers such as cups having a generally circular cross-section and a cylindrical or frusto-conical shape, including a turret assembly for supporting the containers. The turret assembly consists of container-supporting mandrels mounted on a frame which rotates the mandrels through an orbital path having an object pickup section, an object rotate section, an object treatment section and an object removal section. The turret assembly further includes object rotate means to apply a rotational moment to the mandrells as they pass through the object rotate section.