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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick William Jowitt, Bingley, GB;
Ian Kenneth Scholey, Wakefield, GB;
William Woulds, Shipley, GB;
Assignee:
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation, Alsip, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 2/230 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 2/230 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming the base of a can are described. The base forming apparatus is typically a dome station for forming a dome on the base of a beverage can. The dome station is mountable onto a dome door of a bodymaker press, thereby avoiding the common failure of mounting bolts. A complete polyurethane ring is used to create overtravel force and maintain consistent and symmetrical loading on the tooling.