Patent · US Expired

Lightweight ram for bodymaker

US5208435A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1991
Grant dateMay 4, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21D22/28
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ram that is utilized in high speed apparatus for forming elongated one piece metal can bodies from shallow cups is constructed as a weldment in which there is an elongated relatively thin-walled tube, a tail piece metallurgically bonded to one end of the tube and a nose piece metallurgically bonded to the other end of the tube.

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