ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,099, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BALL COPORATION (Westminster, Colo.).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by John D. Efner (Westminster, Colo.), Michael Allen Bombulie (Westminster, Colo.) and Charles Cooper (Westminster, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 ...