The Minster Machine Company

International Paper Company

Precision Tool & Machine Co.

Arthur L Grow

Donald N Seyfried

Charles J Gregorovich

Donald J Hemmelgarn

A cam actuated ejector is provided with a shell press having a crankshaft for reciprocating a slide to which die tooling is mounted and having a forming station in which the die tooling forms a part to be ejected. The ejector includes a kicker bar slidably received within a recess in the press and which is in close proximity to and substantially coplanar with a part to be ejected. The kicker bar is positively reciprocated by a cam assembly that is synchronously engaged with the crankshaft, which operates the press slide, such that an end of the kicker bar cyclically moves at a first rate of movement from a first position outside the forming station to an intermediate position wherein the end contacts a part to be ejected. The cam assembly continues to advance the kicker bar at a second rate of movement greater than the first rate from the intermediate position to a second position to eject the part and thereafter the cam assembly rapidly withdraws the kicker bar end from the second position to the first position to clear the die area and to ready it for subsequent cyclic ejection of other formed parts. The different timed rates of movement of the kicker bar are provided by selectively contouring the cam surfaces within the cam assembly to contact the part at an optimum speed and to provide positive drive to the kicker bar throughout its cyclic movements.

Cam actuated ejector for a shell press

An air transfer system for a shell press is provided which air conveys a blanked and formed shell from a blanking and forming die station in the shell press to a curling die station in the same shell press. The air transfer system further provides for the blanked and formed part to be air conveyed within the curling die, and after the shell is curled within the die, provides for the curled shell to be air ejected from the curling die for subsequent fluid conveyance therefrom. A guide track extending between the die stations is just slightly wider than the diameter of the shell being conveyed and the fluid conveyance is provided by a hollow tube disposed in the upwardly facing surface of the guide track. A shell is air conveyed within the curling die station when an opening in a sleeve member, which is disposed about the curling die station and connected to a reciprocating blanking slide, becomes aligned with the guide track upon downward motion of the blanking slide.

Air transfer system and method for a shell press

A method and apparatus are disclosed for imparting a desired shape to a paperboard blank. The blank is formed between two dies for a sufficient length of time and with sufficient force to set the form, while moving the dies in tandem along a predetermined portion of a reciprocation path. Because the formed blank remains in dwell while the dies are moving in tandem, it is not necessary to hold the dies stationary to ensure permanent formation of the blank. This allows greater production speeds.

Apparatus for manufacturing ovenable paperboard articles

A double action mechanical press, especially for performing a blanking operation and a forming operation on each cycle thereof, having a first slide and a second slide, wherein the slides have separate strokes. The slides are reciprocated by means of a crankshaft and connecting rod assembly comprising a single crankshaft and a plurality of connecting rods wherein the throws of the crankshaft can be differently dimensioned and angularly offset relative to each other so as to provide different stroke lengths for the slides and to cause one slide to lead the other. A guide bushing assembly is connected to one of the press slides, and a blanking punch is received in the guide bushing for reciprocating movement relative to the bushing along the same direction of reciprocating movement as the slides. A preloaded antifriction bearing is positioned between the punch and bushing assembly, and serves to maintain the proper clearance between the punch and the corresponding cutting edge on the lower die half. A forming die is received in the guide bushing assembly for reciprocating movement relative thereto and is connected to the other press slide. The other portion of the punch is formed as a piston and is urged downwardly by pressurized air. The travel of the punch against the pressurized air enables the punch to abut the top of the strip material until the blanking slide strikes it and causes it to blank out the part. Meanwhile, the forming die draws the blanked out part, which is continued to be held by the pressure of the punch against the liftout ring. Thus, the action of the floating punch simulates the dwell provided by a cam driven punch.

Double action press having floating punch

A feed roll, especially for feeding strip stock, and a method of imparting a roughened texture to the surface thereof, in which the roll is formed of hardened steel and the peripheral surface which engages and feeds the strip stock is treated by electrical discharge machining to impart a roughness to the surface. The roughness is in the form of a textured surface often having a finish ranging from about 175 microinches RMS to about 325 microinches RMS and is preferably within the range of about 250 microinches RMS for many applications. Requirements also exist for rougher and smoother feed roll finishes that can be controllably produced by this process.

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Versailles, OH, United States of America

Arthur L Grow