Belvac Production Machinery Inc.

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.

Christopher D Shuey

Joseph G Schill

Dennis E Green

Jeffery Lee Shortridge

A machine arrangement includes a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate with each other in a manner which comprises a machine line. This machine line incorporates apparatus which is associated with and/or comprises part of the machines for: at least one of moving, holding, manipulating and shaping cans as they pass from a can infeed to a can discharge of the machine line and move along a path having a predetermined configuration. This apparatus minimizes operations necessary for changing from a set up suitable for modifying a can having a first set of dimensions to a set up suitable for a can having a second set of dimensions.

Quick change over apparatus for machine line

A bearing arrangement comprises a sleeve having a cylindrical portion and a hemi-cylindrical portion; and a clamp having first and second halves, wherein the first half engages a surface of a shaft disposed through the sleeve, and wherein the second half has a hemi-annular recess for receiving the hemi-cylindrical portion of the sleeve.

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Fishersville, VA, United States of America

Christopher D Shuey