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Can body making apparatus

US5572891A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1994
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21D43/14
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A can body making apparatus has an encoder that generates a signal representative of the angular position of the crankshaft. The signal is input to a controller that controller an feeding mechanism in phased timed relationship to the rotation of the crankshaft allowing greater control of the feeding mechanism.

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