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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2011
Terry Babbitt, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Nageswara Nagisetty, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Dennis Green, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Terry Babbitt, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Nageswara Nagisetty, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Dennis Green, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Belvac Production Machinery, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A rotatable forming apparatus and a method for modifying a shape of a container. The rotatable forming apparatus includes a frame and a forming turret assembly. The forming turret assembly includes a drive shaft, a fixed turret portion, a turret starwheel, an axially moveable turret portion and forming ram assemblies. The forming ram assemblies extend around and connect to the axially movable turret portion. Each of the forming ram assemblies includes cam followers, a forming die, a knockout tooling device and a drive cylinder. The cam followers are configured to follow the cam as the forming ram assemblies rotate around the stationary cam. The forming die is operatively connected to the cam followers such that the forming die moves in the vertical direction while following the cam. The drive cylinder causes axial movement of the knockout tooling device and is configured to operate independently of the forming die.