Decorating plastic containers

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DECORATING AN EXTERIOR SIDE OF A PLASTIC CONTAINER, COMPRISING AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR MOVABLE IN ONE DIRECTION PAST A CONTAINER TREATING STATION, A BRUSHING STATION, A PRINTING STATION, AND A STOVING STATION, HOLDING DEVICES CARRIED BY THE CONVEYOR AND OPERABLE TO HOLD A CONTAINER AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF WHILE PERMITTING ROTATION OF THE CONTAINER ABOUT THE AXIS THEREOF, TREATING MEANS LOCATED AT THE TREATING STATION AND OPERABLE TO DIRECT ON TO A CONTAINER HELD BY ONE OF SAID HOLDING DEVICES A FLAME ARRANGED TO PREPARE AN EXTERIOR SIDE OF THE CONTAINER TO RECEIVE THE DECORATION, BRUSH MEANS LOCATED AT THE BRUSHING STATION AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE FLAMETREATED SURFACE OF THE CONTAINER TO REMOVE DUST PARTICLES THEREFROM, A PRINTING DEVICE LOCATED AT THE PRINTING STATION AND OPERABLE TO APPLY A DECORATION TO THE FLAME-TREATED AND BRUSHED SURFACE OF THE CONTAINER, AND STOVING MEANS LOCATED AT THE STOVING STATION AND ARRANGED TO APPLY HEAT TO THE DECORATION APPLIED TO THE CONTAINER TO EFFECT A STOVING OF THE DECORATION.