Conversion press end retaining bar assembly
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsSteven Todd Albright, Robert Joseph Will, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
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Abstract
A retainer assembly includes a retaining member assembly and a motion assembly. The retaining member assembly is structured to selectively retain at least one shell in a transfer belt assembly belt recess. The retaining member assembly includes a retaining member. The motion assembly is structured to move the retaining member between a first position, wherein the retaining member is spaced from the transfer belt assembly transfer belt, and, a second position, wherein the retaining member is disposed a retaining distance from the transfer belt assembly transfer belt.
Claims20
A retainer assembly for a conversion press, said conversion press including a transfer belt assembly structured to move a number of shells, said transfer belt assembly including a number of transfer belts each defining a number of recesses, each recess corresponding to a shell, said retainer assembly comprising:
- a retaining member assembly including an elongated idler bar structured to extend perpendicularly across at least one transfer belt and to selectively retain at least one shell in a transfer belt assembly belt recess.
A conversion press comprising:
- a transfer belt assembly including a number of transfer belts;
- a retainer assembly;
- said transfer belt assembly structured to move a number of shells, each transfer belt defining a number of recesses, each recess corresponding to a shell;
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- said retaining member assembly including an elongated idler bar structured to extend perpendicularly across at least one transfer belt and to selectively retain at least one shell in a transfer belt assembly belt recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.