Patent ID: 8074568

Claim:
Hot stamping machine comprising a stamping member for pressing a stamping foil against a peripheral surface of individual articles in order to stamp the articles, the individual articles being positioned successively into a stamping position and stamped by a stamping sequence which is repeated for each article, the machine including a stamping foil unwinding means that sequentially unwinds a length of stamping foil at the end of each stamping sequence for the next stamping sequence, and stamping foil rewinding means, the stamping machine further including a stamping foil suction box and a stamping foil braking surface, the braking surface being fixed in rotation relative to a frame of the machine during each stamping sequence, the stamping foil which comes from the unwinding means passing in succession into the suction box, along the braking surface and opposite the stamping member, in such a way that a reserve of stamping foil is available in the suction box between the unwinding means and the braking surface, while the stamping foil is tensioned opposite the stamping member between the braking surface and the rewinding means, wherein the stamping member moves in translation relative to the frame of the machine and parallel to an axis during the stamping of an article, the machine including moving means for moving an article relative to the stamping member, which moving means moves an article solely in rotation about an axis during stamping, and wherein the braking surface performs a movement in translation relative to the frame of the machine which is identical to that of the stamping member during the stamping of an article.