Patent ID: 6164199
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A printing machine includinga turret mounted to rotate about a turret axis;a plurality of object-carrier supports each rotatable mounted at a periphery of said turret to rotate about a respective object-carrier support axis;a rotation drive finger associated with each of said object-carrier supports, each rotation drive finger being mounted at an eccentric position relative to the respective object-carrier support axis;a plurality of workstations circumferentially distributed around said turret in line with a path of said object-carrier supports, some of the workstations being printing stations and others of the workstations being processing stations;a fixed plate parallel to said turret and having a groove at a periphery thereof, said groove being adapted to engage said rotation drive fingers of said object-carrier supports, said fixed plate further comprising rotation drive units locally interrupting said groove from place to place and mounted to rotate under control of drive means, each said drive unit comprising a groove in which said rotation drive fingers of said object-carrier supports are engaged successively turn and turn about;wherein some of said drive units are each individually associated with said printing stations, others of said drive units are each individually associated with said processing stations and said drive means of said rotation drive units associated with said printing stations are separate from said drive means of said rotation drive units associated with said processing stations.