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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. 12, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marvin L Castor, Berthoud, CO (US);
Craig L Bartels, Westminster, CO (US);
David R Miller, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Adolph Coors Company, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J / ; B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
413 66 ; 413 12 ; 413 14 ; 413 16 ; 413 56 ; 72-4 ; 72404 ; 356375 ; 350 9629 ; 738658 ;
Abstract
A press regulating device for detecting can end tab related defects including a plunger assembly for engaging a can end to be tested; a plunger deflection monitoring device; and a data processing device which receives a signal from the plunger deflection monitoring device and a press timing device and which processes these signals to determine whether or not the tested can end is defective and which sends a control signal to the press to terminate press operation upon detection of a defective can end.