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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
Frederick William Jowitt, Bingley, GB;
Ian Kenneth Scholey, Wakefield, GB;
David William Smith, Keighley, GB;
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation, Alsip, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for a making can bodies comprises a reciprocating punch and a rotary turret ( ) mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis parallel to the axis of the punch. A plurality of flexible finger sets ( ) spaced circumferentially around the turret and extending generally radially from the turret are adapted to pick up, support and convey can bodies ( ) stripped from the punch as the turret rotates. The turret is driven in rotation at a cyclically varying angular velocity such that the angularly velocity of finger set ( ) is less at the moment when it engages a can body stripped from the punch than at other times.