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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2024
Stolle Machinery Company, Llc, Centennial, CO (US);
Joseph John Allen Maurer, Aurora, CO (US);
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US);
Abstract
A flow regulating conveyance system for use in a can manufacturing production line includes: a flow regulating conveyor structured to convey cans along a conveying path and including a platform having a conveyance surface including a plurality of air ports, two track rails transversely-spaced-apart and extending along the conveying path to form a conveying track therebetween, an actuation mechanism structured to adjust the track rails in a transverse direction, and a underlayer disposed below the conveyance surface and structured to block air ports disposed outside of the conveying track; a vision system structured to monitor pack density and can body diameter of cans on the conveying path; and a control system coupled to a conveyance flow actuator, the flow regulating conveyor and the vision system, the control system being structured to control conveyance flow and width of the conveying track based on the conveyance data.