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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Earl R Van Alsburg, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Can Company, Greenwich, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
413 69 ; 72105 ; 72106 ; 72125 ; 72370 ;
Abstract
A mechanism for locating a hollow tubular can body relative to an internal support mandrel including a resilient member adapted to bear against a portion of the can body in order to positively locate same. Also included is a fixed relationship between the mandrel and support apparatus located on the machine whereby the biasing of the can body toward said support apparatus acts to adjust the axial position of the can body with respect to at least one of its surfaces.