Patents Assigned to BALL COPORATION
  • Container decoration apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11745517
    Abstract: A container body decorator (10) has a controller (300) with a software stored in a memory. A plurality of ink-jet printing heads (108) is in communication with the controller (300). A segmented image transfer blanket (116) has a circumferential configuration with an inner surface opposite a printing surface. A printing site (124) is located along the segmented image transfer blanket (116). A container body handling module (200) delivers container bodies to the printing site (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BALL COPORATION
    Inventors: Adam P. S. Stowitts, Dean C. Ellefson
  • Container decoration apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11498343
    Abstract: A container body decorator (10) has a controller with a software stored in a memory. A plurality of ink jet print heads (108) is in communication with the controller. An endless image transfer belt (116) has a circumferential configuration with an inner surface opposite a printing surface. A printing site (124) is located along the endless image transfer belt (116). A container body handling module (200) delivers container bodies (14) to the printing site (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BALL COPORATION
    Inventors: Adam P. S. Stowitts, Dean C. Ellefson
  • Finished pallet inspection apparatus
    Patent number: 11475554
    Abstract: An image recorder (18) supported above a conveyor (22) captures images of a top surface of the loaded pallet (30) supported on the conveyor (22). The image is transmitted to a computer (26). A software routine stored on a memory on the computer (26) compares the image to a manufacturing specification. The software routine determines whether the image is within a manufacturing tolerance of the manufacturing specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BALL COPORATION
    Inventors: David C. Robinson, John Siles