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Drive assembly

US11440078B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stolle Machinery Company, LLC · US

Inventors

Richard James Edward Mercer · Wormald Green, GB
Ian Kenneth Scholey · Tankersley, GB
Russell Bauer · West Chester, US
Daniel A. Jansen · Bonn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H1/22
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive assembly for a necker machine having a frame assembly and a plurality of processing stations includes: a plurality of drive sub-modules. Each drive sub-module includes: a primary input shaft, a first primary output shaft operatively coupled to the primary input shaft, and a second primary output shaft operatively coupled to the primary input shaft. For a first drive sub-module: the primary input shaft is operatively coupled to, and driven by, a main drive assembly motor, and the first primary output shaft is operatively coupled to, and drives, an associated first drive shaft of a first processing station. For a second drive sub-module: the primary input shaft is operatively coupled to, and driven by, the second primary output shaft of the first drive sub-module, and the first primary output shaft is operatively coupled to, and drives, an associated first drive shaft of a second processing station.

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