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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
Applicant:
Harold James Marshall, Forest, VA (US);
Inventor:
Harold James Marshall, Forest, VA (US);
Assignee:
Belvac Production Machinery, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 19/04 (2006.01); B21D 11/00 (2006.01); B21D 51/02 (2006.01); B21J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A trimming turret including a first trimmer head including a first pilot. The turret is configured to receive a stress induced plastically deformed container having earing about a respective opening in the container, and at least one of (i) direct the container to the first trimmer head so that the pilot becomes located inside the opening, and (ii) direct the first trimmer head to the container so that the pilot becomes located inside the opening. The turret is configured to trim off the earing from the container with the first trimmer head.