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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Ralph P Stodd, Dayton, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A reciprocating mechanical press has two laterally spaced rows of tooling components or modules for producing corresponding rows of sheet metal container shells with each stroke of the press. The shells are ejected laterally outwardly from both sides of the press into corresponding guide chutes by air jet nozzles which project at slightly different elevations from opposite sides of an air supply manifold extending between the rows of tooling modules. A plurality of curling units are connected to the guide chutes extending from both sides of the press, and each curling unit includes a driven curling wheel having a rim portion supporting multiple level inner die rings. A plurality of circumferentially arranged arcuate die sections radially oppose each inner die ring and are supported in stacked relation by a base member which also supports the rotatable shaft for the curling wheel. Shell support rings or members are positioned under the corresponding die rings and die sections.