Patent ID: 8573234
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: B08B,B44D,C09D

Abstract:
1. System for removing printing in metallic packages of beverages, food and other applications in general, said system comprising a main apparatus comprising a movable supporting plate along which periphery there are mounted a plurality of equidistantly placed rotating mandrels in which said metallic packages are temporarily positioned and retained via at least one piston, the movement of said supporting plate comprising the intermittent rotation along an angle equal to the distance between adjacent mandrels, each rotation step being separated by the following one by a dwell time, a plurality of work stations being arranged externally to the periphery of said supporting plate and placed at the dwell points of said intermittent rotation, wherein at least one said work station comprises spraying means for simultaneously spraying said packages with ink-removing liquid and rubbing the rotating surface of said packages by a non-abrasive element which is kept motionless during said rubbing operation, said spraying and rubbing operations being performed within said dwell time.