Adjustable seal pack
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsJoseph John Allen Maurer, Dan S. Prystawsky
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Abstract
An adjustment arrangement for selectively adjusting a seal pack positioned about a ram body in a can bodymaker. The adjustment arrangement includes a primary housing structured to have the seal pack fixedly coupled thereto and a secondary housing structured to be fixedly coupled to a bulkhead of the can bodymaker separating a forming area of the can bodymaker from a drivetrain area of the can bodymaker. The adjustment arrangement further includes a number of adjustment elements engaged with both the primary housing and the secondary housing, each adjustment element being selectively moveable to adjust the relative positioning of the primary housing with respect to the secondary housing.
Claims20
An adjustment arrangement for selectively adjusting a seal pack positioned about a ram body in a can bodymaker, the adjustment arrangement comprising:
- a primary housing structured to have the seal pack fixedly coupled thereto;
- a secondary housing structured to be fixedly coupled to a bulkhead of the can bodymaker separating a forming area of the can bodymaker from a drivetrain area of the can bodymaker;
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- a number of adjustment elements engaged with both the primary housing and the secondary housing, each adjustment element being selectively moveable to adjust the relative positioning of the primary housing with respect to the secondary housing.
A can bodymaker comprising:
- a frame;
- a forming area defined by the frame, the forming area housing a number of components for forming a can body;
- a drivetrain area defined by the frame, the drivetrain area housing a drivetrain;
- a bulkhead coupled to the frame, the bulkhead positioned to separate the forming area from the drivetrain area;
- an elongate ram body coupled to the drivetrain and extending from the drivetrain area into the forming area through a seal pack;
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- an adjustment arrangement for selectively adjusting a seal pack positioned about a ram body in a can bodymaker, the adjustment arrangement comprising:
- a primary housing having the seal pack fixedly coupled thereto;
- a secondary housing fixedly coupled to the bulkhead;
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- a number of adjustment elements engaged with both the primary housing and the secondary housing, each adjustment element being selectively moveable to adjust the relative positioning of the primary housing with respect to the secondary housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.