Rotary printing apparatus

Claim 1

AUTOMATIC APPARATUS FOR PRINTING LIDS OR COVERS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RELATIVELY ELONGATED FEED TABLE; A COVER SUPPLY DEVICE ABOVE SAID TABLE FOR DELIVERING COVERS TO SAID TABLE; A CONVEYOR ELEMENT EXTENDING ALONG SAID TABLE AND HAVING SPACED ABUTMENTS EXTENDING LATERALLY OF THE LATER TO MOVE COVERS ALONG SAID TABLE TO A PRINTING STATION SPACED FROM SAID SUPPLY DEVICE A ROTATABLE CARRIER AT SAID PRINTING STATION; PLURAL PRINTING SEGMENTS ON SAID CARRIER AT UNIFORMLY SPACED LOCATIONS THEREAROUND; MEANS DRIVING SAID CONVEYOR ELEMENT AND ROTATING SAID CARRIER IN SYNCHRONISM WITH EACH OTHER; MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID CARRIER TO RECEIVE COVERS FROM SAID CONVEYOR ELEMENT AND PRESS EACH COVER AGAINST A SEGMENT TO PRINT THE COVERS; DRYING MEANS RECEIVING THE PRINTED COVERS; AND STACKING MEANS RECEIVING THE DRIED COVERS; SAID HOLDER FOR SWINGING OVER SAID FEED TABLE AND AWAY TENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID HOLDER AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID HOLDER FOR SWINGING OVER SAID FEED TABLE AND AWAY FROM THE LATTER ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS.