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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. 09, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter T Bowler, Amherst, OH (US);
Assignee:
FECO Engineered Systems, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1530 / ; 15302 ; 134 67 ; 1986891 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for transferring can bodies from forming to washing equipment and for collecting the excess oil that drains from the can bodies in transit. In one form the invention includes a horizontal infeed conveyor for receiving can bodies in upright orientation, a vertical or elevator conveyor for bringing the cans to a second elevation and to a mass accumulating conveyor. The conveyors have perforated conveying surfaces and subjacent evacuated plenum chambers for drawing surface bound oil from the can bodies.