Patent ID: 11926145
Assignee: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A combination over-varnish unit and pre-spin assembly for a can body decorating machine, the pre-spin assembly being located at the inlet to an over-varnish unit, the over-varnish unit including:
a support frame; and
a rotatable applicator roller for applying a coating to can bodies after decoration has been applied to the can bodies by a blanket wheel;
the pre-spin assembly comprising: a pre-spin drive assembly including a pre-spin drive motor, a pre-spin drive shaft, a mandrel drive belt pulley, and mandrel idler pulleys;
a mandrel drive belt driven by the pre-spin drive assembly, the mandrel drive belt configured to contact mandrels for imparting spin to the mandrels before the mandrels are positioned for contact with an applicator roller of the over-varnish unit; and
an over-varnish unit enclosure that houses the applicator roller;
wherein the pre-spin drive motor, the mandrel drive belt pulley, and the mandrel idler pulleys are outside of the over-varnish unit enclosure.