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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Inventor:
Bronislaw Rukat, West Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC., Alsip, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/283 (2013.01);
Abstract
A can bodymaker comprising: a ram; a drive mechanism; a yoke coupling the ram to the drive mechanism in order to drive the ram with a linear, reciprocating motion; a yoke slide fixed relative to the can bodymaker, the yoke being confined by the yoke slide to move in a linear direction; and an alignment mechanism for aligning a yoke-coupled end of the ram with respect to the yoke within a plane perpendicular to said linear direction.