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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2018
Stolle Machinery Company, Llc, Centennial, CO (US);
Gregory H. Butcher, Naples, OH (US);
Aaron E. Carstens, Centerville, OH (US);
Ian Kenneth Scholey, Lone Tree, CO (US);
Daniel A. Jansen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US);
Abstract
A can bodymaker includes a housing assembly, a drive mechanism, a ram assembly, a domer assembly, and a ram body dampening assembly. The ram assembly includes an elongated ram body. The drive mechanism is operatively coupled to the ram assembly so that the drive mechanism imparts a reciprocating motion to the ram body. The ram body dampening assembly is disposed adjacent the ram body path of travel. The ram body dampening assembly includes a housing and a dampening member. The dampening member is disposed immediately adjacent the ram body path of travel.