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US 2023/0249243 A1Published application
Cam follower assembly for can bodymaker and can bodymaker including same
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsKarl S. Fleischer, Ian Kenneth Scholey, Leonardo Antonio Butolo Ribeiro, Sylvan M. Praturlon
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Abstract
A cam follower assembly for a can bodymaker includes a slider structured to be coupled to the proximal end of a ram body of the can bodymaker; and a plurality of cam follower members rotatably coupled to the slider. The cam follower members are structured to be operatively coupled to a cam of a ram drive assembly.
Claims18
A can bodymaker comprising:
- a ram drive assembly including a disk cam;
- and
- a moving assembly comprising:
- a ram assembly including an elongated ram body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end;
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- a cam follower assembly coupled to the proximal end of the ram body, the cam follower assembly comprising:
- a slider;
- and
- a plurality of cam follower members rotatably coupled to the slider, wherein the cam follower members are operatively engaged with the disk cam.
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A can bodymaker comprising:
- a ram drive assembly including one of a disk cam or a barrel cam;
- and
- a moving assembly comprising:
- a ram assembly including an elongated ram body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end;
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- a cam follower assembly coupled to the proximal end of the ram body, the cam follower assembly comprising:
- a slider;
- and
- a plurality of cam follower members rotatably coupled to the slider,
- wherein the cam follower members are operatively engaged with one of the disk cam or the barrel cam,
- wherein each of the cam followers comprises a roller bearing, and
- wherein one of the roller bearings includes an eccentric bushing positionable between a first positioning, wherein the one roller bearing is disposed a first distance from another one of the plurality of roller bearings, and a second positioning, wherein the one roller bearing is disposed a second distance, different than the first distance, from the other one of the plurality of roller bearings.
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