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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
John E. Adams, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Katherine W. Allen, Newman, GA (US);
Scott C. Biondich, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ruth Karina Espinel, Norcross, GA (US);
Alejandro Jose Santamaria, Suwanee, GA (US);
Rajesh Gopalaswamy, Alpharetta, GA (US);
H. Brock Kolls, Alpharetta, GA (US);
John E. Adams, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Katherine W. Allen, Newman, GA (US);
Scott C. Biondich, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ruth Karina Espinel, Norcross, GA (US);
Alejandro Jose Santamaria, Suwanee, GA (US);
Rajesh Gopalaswamy, Alpharetta, GA (US);
H. Brock Kolls, Alpharetta, GA (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of forming a vessel may include providing multiple operation wheels configured in opposing facing pairs. Each operation wheel may include multiple work zones, each work zone of an operation wheel being configured in an opposing facing pair with a work zone of another operation wheel to engage the vessel and perform a forming operation on the vessel. Opposing facing pairs of the operation wheels may be linearly pushed to a closed position to engage the vessel, and pulled to an open position. The work zone(s) may perform least one forming operation on the vessel. The vessel may be indexed through the operations at a rotational timing coordinated to index the vessel when opposing facing pairs of the operation wheels are in the open position, the indexing may be clockwise or counterclockwise based on whether a decoration operation is to be performed on the vessel.