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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2009
John E. Adams, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Katherine W. Allen, Newnan, GA (US);
Scott C. Biondich, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ruth Karina Espinel, Norcross, GA (US);
Alejandro Jose Santamaria, Suwanee, GA (US);
Gopalaswamy Rajesh, Alpharetta, GA (US);
H. Brock Kolls, Alpharetta, GA (US);
John E. Adams, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Katherine W. Allen, Newnan, GA (US);
Scott C. Biondich, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ruth Karina Espinel, Norcross, GA (US);
Alejandro Jose Santamaria, Suwanee, 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 method of performing non-shape forming operations during vessel shaping, the method comprising indexing a cylinder across a pathway of at least one of an operation wheel, the operation wheel further having a plurality of work zones, performing at the plurality of work zones a plurality of operations on the cylinder in a sequence of a first shaping plurality of operations followed by a non-shaping plurality of operations followed by a second shaping plurality of operations, and effectuating transformation of the cylinder into a shaped vessel. Other embodiment include applying decoration to the cylinder contoured surface during non-shaping operations, trimming the cylinder during non-shaping operations, and top-forming the cylinder during non-shaping operations, to name a few.