Contour in-feed means for continuous motion can decorator
US4458804A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 7, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41F17/14
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A continuous motion can decorator is provided with a power driven means that moves undecorated cans through a feed chute. A pocket wheel, for loading of cans onto mandrels, receives cans directly from the chute. Adjacent pockets of the pocket wheel are connected by a lead-in surface that is tangent to the downstream pocket at a point radially outward of the tangent between the lead-in surface and the upstream pocket. The lead-in surface is of essentially constant radius. A can when initially fully seated in a pocket is engaged by a can in the chute which is positioned so that the center thereof is essentially on a line extending through the center of the fully seated can and the center about which the lead-in surface is formed.
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