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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1973
Anton A Aschberger, Oak Lawn, IL (US);
Jack L Avery, Park Forest, IL (US);
William J Cartwright, Palos Park, IL (US);
Geoffrey J Dean, Rockton, IL (US);
Oliver J Tysver, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Robert W Wolfe, Oak Lawn, IL (US);
Frederick H Bautz, Hazel Crest, IL (US);
The Continental Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a machine for receiving can bodies and automatically outwardly expanding the same to a decorative predetermined contour. The machine includes special transfer means for positioning can bodies on and removing can bodies from supports moving in a convex arcuate path, the transfer device including a turret member mounted for rotation about a fixed axis, a plurality of article carriers pivotally carried by the turret member for movement therewith in a generally circular path, and control means for controlling the contour of a portion of the generally circular path to be coincident with a portion of the arcuate path.