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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:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd., Tokushima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493313 ; 493122 ; 493164 ; 493316 ;
Abstract
A blank feeder has a pair of guide rails for guiding blanks having a tubular form of square cross section to a bottom forming mandrel. The guide rails are formed with opposed recessed portions which are V-shaped in cross section for holding therebetween two corners of the blank on a diagonal thereof, and have shock absorbing means for mitigating the impact to be involved in the stiking contact of the blank with the guide rails.