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US 2022/0063930 A1Published application
Quick change transfer assembly
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsRichard James Edward Mercer, Ian Kenneth Scholey, Michael Bryan Maxwell, Daniel A. Jansen
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Abstract
A quick-change vacuum starwheel assembly including at least one of a quick-change height adjustment assembly or a quick-change vacuum starwheel mounting assembly.
Claims20
A quick-change vacuum starwheel assembly comprising:
- a rotating shaft assembly including a housing assembly and a rotating shaft;
- said rotating shaft assembly housing assembly disposed about said rotating shaft assembly rotating shaft;
- a vacuum assembly structured to generate a vacuum;
- a vacuum starwheel body assembly including a radial surface defining a plurality of pockets;
- said vacuum assembly in fluid communication with said vacuum starwheel body assembly pockets;
- said vacuum starwheel body assembly disposed about and coupled to said rotating shaft assembly;
- and
- said vacuum starwheel body assembly including at least one of a quick-change height adjustment assembly or a quick-change vacuum starwheel mounting assembly.
5 more elements
A necker machine comprising:
- a number of stations;
- and
- at least one station including a quick-change vacuum starwheel assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.