National Can Corporation

Computer Aided Systems, Inc.

Jack Quinton

Daniel C Perry

Edward S Traczyk

William A Pearson

Walter C Warnell

Jeff Johnson

Sean Patrick Hirka

Donald P Buller

A storage system for the storage and retrieval of material goods has a continuous track and a storage carousel movable along the track. The carousel carries a plurality of shelf arrays, each of which includes a plurality of vertically-spaced shelves removably attachable to the carousel at an adjustable vertical pitch. One or more inserter assemblies are disposed adjacent the carousel for transferring cartons onto the carousel. One or more removal assemblies are disposed adjacent the carousel for removing cartons from the carousel. A vertical transport unit has an upward reach disposed adjacent the inserter assemblies for transferring cartons to the inserter assemblies, and a downward reach disposed adjacent the removal assemblies for receiving cartons from the removal assemblies. The vertical transport unit has a plurality of platforms removably attachable to the vertical transport unit at an adjustable pitch. A control system controls the operation of the storage carousel, the inserter assemblies, the removal assemblies and the vertical transport unit.

Staging, tracking and retrieval system with a rotatable storage structure

A method and apparatus for producing a reducing neck and a peripheral flange on a free peripheral edge portion of a cylindrical container body is disclosed herein. The apparatus consists of a fixed frame having a waxing station, a necking station, and a flanging station defined thereon. The containers are fed from a source in a synchronized fashion along a path with the axis of the cylindrical bodies of the containers extending vertically and are moved past the waxing station where the cans are rotated relative to fixed brushes to apply lubricant to the outer surface of the peripheral free edge portion. The reduced neck on the container is produced by supporting the containers on a bottom member that is carried on the periphery of a turret and an upper member having an annular die with the bottom member being cammed towards and away from the die to produce the reducing neck of the container. The flanging of the container is accomplished with a flanging turret having a plurality of flanging assemblies on the periphery thereof each of which consists of an upper member that is rotated about a fixed axis in a sleeve on the turret and a lower member that is reciprocated towards and away from the upper member by cam means.

Method and apparatus for necking and flanging containers

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Jack Quinton