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Abstract

The present invention is referred to a method and a machine for decorating bottles or similar articles of the type that includes: a supporting structure; a rotatable shaft (12) coupled in the supporting structure, to rotate over its own axis with an intermittent movement; a plurality of transporting stations (14) connected to the shaft (12) to rotate together with the rotatable shaft (12); supporting members (16 and 18) for each transporting station (14), each supporting member (16, 18) being arranged to transport a bottle from a loading position to an unloading position of the machine; drive means connected to the rotatable shaft (12), the rotatable shaft (12) and the transporting stations (14) being rotated together by means of the drive means; and, a printer screen (PD) for each of the transporting stations (14), the screens (PD) being located toward and coinciding with a surface of the bottles to be decorated, the machine having at least two free transporting stations (14), one for the loading and another one for the unloading of the bottles to the machine, wherein the supporting members (16, 18) comprising elements for supporting at least two bottles (A, B) for each of the transporting stations (14), said supporting members (16, 18) being positioned for each one of the screens (PD) in order to simultaneously print at least two bottles (A, B) with one or various designs or patterns through of a single printer screen (PD).

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First Claim