Drawing and ironing machine with positive cup feeder

In a drawing and ironing machine having an elongated, generally horizontal opening with ironing rings surrounding said opening at axially spaced locations along said opening, a ram axially aligned with said opening and cooperating with said iron rings for drawing and ironing a cup into a container sidewall and end wall, and cup feeding means for feeding cups to said machine, the improvement of said cup feeding means comprising guide means for receiving a continuous supply of cups, said guide means extending generally vertically adjacent said opening having a lower open end, an arm pivoted intermediate opposite ends thereof about a fixed axis below said open end of said opening, said arm having an arcuate surface on one end thereof conforming generally to the periphery of said cups, drive means connected to an opposite end of said arm for pivoting said arm between first and second positions with said arcuate surface aligned with said open end in said first position and with said opening in said second position so that said cups are positively moved along an arcuate path from said guide means to said opening, stop means located adjacent said opening for arresting movement of said cups and cooperating with the arcuate surface on said arm to align said cups with said opening, and said stop means having an arcuate surface generally opposed to said arcuate surface on said arm and defining an uninterrupted continuation thereof when said arm is in said second position so that said cups are gripped between said arcuate surfaces when said arm is in said second position with sufficient pressure so that out of round cups will be rounded out by the cooperative action of said arcuate surfaces.