Patent ID: 9734360
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B07C,B41F,B41J,G06K

Claim:
1. A spin printer for providing bar codes on a surface of a plurality of capsules or a plurality of caplets, the spin printer comprising: at least a first drum unit that spins about a drum axis with each of said capsules or each of said caplets carried by the first drum unit and having a product axis oriented substantially parallel to the drum axis, the first drum unit being structured to allow spinning of each of said capsules or each of said caplets along the product axis; and a bar code unit to provide a machine-readable bar code on a circumferential surface of each of the capsules or each of the caplets as each of said capsules or each of said caplets is spun about the product axis, wherein the bar code unit includes a laser unit configured to etch the bar code into each of said capsules or each of said caplets while each of said capsules or each of said caplets is spinning.