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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Egerton, Skipton, GB;
William Woulds, Skipton, GB;
Assignee:
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/00 (2006.01); B21D 22/28 (2006.01); B21D 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/00 (2013.01); B21D 22/28 (2013.01); B21D 43/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A can bodymaker, which includes a disc feed () for feeding a disc () directly to the bodymaker itself. A locator () positions the disc () centrally to a blankholder () and a draw pad () clamps the disc () against a draw die (). The blankholder () then forms the disc into a cup () and clamps the cup against a redraw die () ready to be picked up by a punch and carried through dies for forming a can body.