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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2009
Alejandro Jose Santamaria, Suwanee, GA (US);
Katherine W. Allen, Newnan, GA (US);
John E. Adams, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott C. Biondich, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ruth Karina Espinel, Norcross, GA (US);
Gopalaswamy Rajesh, Alpharetta, GA (US);
H. Brock Kolls, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Alejandro Jose Santamaria, Suwanee, GA (US);
Katherine W. Allen, Newnan, GA (US);
John E. Adams, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott C. Biondich, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ruth Karina Espinel, Norcross, GA (US);
Gopalaswamy Rajesh, Alpharetta, GA (US);
H. Brock Kolls, Alpharetta, GA (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a vessel forming production line comprising a plurality of vessel forming stations having at least one of an operation wheel, at least one of a conveyor, and a controller, the conveyor indexes a vessel across the operation wheel, the controller coordinates movement and operation of the operation wheel and the conveyor, a second conveyor transfers the vessel between the plurality of vessel forming stations, and a plurality of cylinder feeders feed the vessel into at least one of a pathway through the plurality of vessel forming stations, wherein the plurality of vessel forming stations are organized into a scalable matrix configuration allowing a plurality of different shaped vessels to be manufactured simultaneously. Other embodiments include a plurality of linear drives configured to cause opposing pairs of operation wheels to engage the vessel and perform operations on the vessel.