Patent ID: 6026743
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
Can-holding device for holding a can for printing on a surface of the can comprising a frame and two jaws that are displaceable on the frame in an axial direction of the can between a closed position and an open position the jaws gripping the can at its two ends when in the closed position, each jaw being urged by a spring into the closed positions, each jaw comprising a jaw carrier that cooperates with a guide on the frame and is provided with a gripping structure, which allows gripping by an external opening element for selective movement of the jaws into the open position and a jaw body that is rotatable relative to the jaw carrier, said jaw body being lockable in a reference rotational postion on the jaw carrier, and also being selectively unlockable from its locking state by an external actuator and then being freely rotatable relative to the jaw carrier, each jaw body having a slot-shaped recess on its circumference that extends over a certain radial distance, said recess being located in an upward position when the jaw body is in the reference rotational position and allowing introduction of a can gripper.