Patent ID: 11897710
Assignee: STOLLE MACHINERY COMPANY, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. A decorator assembly comprising:
a cup holder assembly structured to hold a number of tapered cups in a nested, bottom leading configuration;
a decorator mandrel turret assembly structured to rotatably support a number of said tapered cups; and
a cup transfer assembly structured to move said tapered cups from said cup holder assembly to said decorator mandrel turret assembly,
wherein each of said tapered cups includes an elongated body having a base with an upwardly depending, and outwardly tapered, sidewall,
said cup transfer assembly includes a number of feedscrew assemblies and a transfer disk;
each feedscrew assembly structured to de-nest and move a tapered cup from a nested stack of tapered cups to said transfer disk;
each feedscrew assembly defining an elongated cup path;
each said cup path having a first end and a second end;
said transfer disk including a generally circular body and a number of cup mounting assemblies;
said transfer disk body including an axial surface;
said cup mounting assemblies disposed on transfer disk body axial surface and disposed circumferentially about said transfer disk body;
each said cup mounting assembly including a distal surface;
said cup mounting assembly distal surfaces defining a distal plane;
said cup path second end disposed at a clearance distance from said cup mounting assembly distal plane,
said number of feedscrew assemblies includes a first feedscrew assembly and a second feedscrew assembly;
said number of cup mounting assemblies includes a first set of cup mounting assemblies and a second set of cup mounting assemblies;
said first set of cup mounting assemblies disposed at a first radius; and
said second set of cup mounting assemblies disposed at a second radius.