IP Library Patent Application 17783636
Patent Application
App. No. 17/783,636

CAN BODY PRINTING SYSTEM, CAN BODY PRINTING DEVICE, AND CAN BODY

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App. No.
17/783,636
Abstract

A can body printing system includes: an identification information storage part 302 that stores identification information of a can body; an identification information reading part 303 that reads the identification information attached to the can body; a matching part 304 that matches the read identification information to the identification information stored in the identification information storage part 302 ; and a print processing part 308 that, upon receiving a matching result, reads print image information from a print image information storage part 307 to perform processing for printing onto the can body by inkjet printing.

Claims (19)

1 . A can body printing system comprising:

a distinction unit distinguishing a can body from another can body; and

a control unit controlling to perform printing on the can body distinguished from the another can body.

2 . The can body printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the distinction unit distinguishes the can body from the another can body by predetermined identification information.

3 . The can body printing system according to claim 2 , wherein the identification information is at least one of an image attached to the can body and a processed portion provided to the can body.

4 . The can body printing system according to claim 3 , wherein the image is visualized by being irradiated with a light beam of a predetermined wavelength.

5 . The can body printing system according to claim 2 , wherein, when the identification information includes a predetermined quantity of can bodies, the control unit regards the quantity of can bodies to be distinguished from the another can body.

6 . The can body printing system according to claim 5 , wherein the identification information indicating that the predetermined quantity of can bodies are printable is directly provided to at least one of the quantity of can bodies, or indirectly provided to the quantity of can bodies.

7 . A can body printing device comprising:

an obtaining unit obtaining identification information for distinguishing a can body from another can body; and

a printing unit performing printing on the can body from which the identification information was obtained.

8 . The can body printing device according to claim 7 , wherein the printing unit is capable of printing with different print contents for each can body.

9 . A can body comprising:

an identification part to be distinguished from another can body; and

a printed part on a barrel portion of the can body printed by an inkjet printing method, wherein

the can body is filled with a beverage.

10 . A can body comprising:

an identification part to be distinguished from another can body; and

a printing region where printing can be performed by an inkjet printing method.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION
To: ALTEMIRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060813/0426 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2022
From: OJIMA, SHINICHI; MATSUSHIMA, HITOMI; FUJINUMA, KENJI
To: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060155/0913 →