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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael Jonathan Coates, West Yorkshire, GB;
Daniel Egerton, North Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B41F 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 37/00 (2006.01); B65G 29/00 (2006.01); B41F 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 17/002 (2013.01); B41F 17/22 (2013.01); B65G 29/00 (2013.01); B65G 37/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/846 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract
An infeed system for a can body decorator in which undecorated can bodies are transported from an upstream supply in a conveyor (). In the conveyor (), the can bodies have a linear pitch as they are touching each other. One or more infeed turrets () separate each can body and change the pitch to the circular pitch of a separator turret and, ultimately to that of the mandrel wheel () in the decorator assembly.