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AssigneeGulf & Western Manufacturing Company
InventorsJames W. Jensen, Stanley J. Miller, Eugene W. Heniser, Donald P. Dalman, Garth A. Grevenstuk
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Apparatus is disclosed for making ends for metal or composite can bodies, which ends are first partially formed in a press to a cup-shaped configuration including a peripheral skirt and are then fed to a curling machine in which the skirt is contoured to facilitate application of the end to a can body. The press has a vertically reciprocable slide or slides which, together with an opposed portion of the press frame, support pairs of cooperable dies for blanking and partially forming can ends from sheet material fed horizontally into the press. Thereafter, the partially formed can ends are displaced into a horizontal plane vertically spaced from the sheet feed line, and a kicker member associated with each die set is operable in coordination with slide movement to impact against and propel the partially formed can end laterally and into a guide chute leading either to a curling machine or to an endless conveyor by which the partially formed can end is delivered to a curling machine.
Can end making apparatus comprising, a press having frame means providing tool support means, slide means, a plurality of opposed pairs of tooling, each said opposed pair of tooling including first die means on said tool support means and second die means supported on said slide means, means supporting said slide means for reciprocation vertically between first and second slide positions, said first and second die means being spaced apart in said first slide position, means to feed sheet material between said first and second die means and along a horizontal feed path when said die means are spaced apart, said first and second die means being cooperable in said second slide position to partially form a can end from sheet material therebetween, said partially formed can end being cup-shaped and including skirt means, one of said first and second die means including means to displace a partially formed can end to a horizontal plane when said die means are spaced apart, said horizontal plane being vertically spaced from said feed path, kicker means for each said pair of tooling, said kicker means including kicker member means reciprocable in said horizontal plane when said die means are spaced apart to impact against a partially formed can end in said horizontal plane and propel said partially formed end in said plane, curling means for receiving said partially formed can end, and means between said pairs of tooling and said curling means to receive partially formed can ends propelled by said kicker member means and deliver said partially formed can ends to said curling means.
Can end making apparatus comprising, an underdriven press having frame means including upper and lower portions, a slide supported by said lower portion of said frame means for reciprocation vertically along a slide axis between first and second positions with respect to said upper portion, and drive means in said lower portion for reciprocating said slide, said slide and said upper portion of said frame means supporting a plurality of opposed pairs of tooling, the tooling of each pair being axially spaced apart when said slide is in said first position and being cooperable in said second position of said slide to partially form a can end from sheet material interposed therebetween, means to feed sheet material between said tooling along a horizontal feed path in a first direction transverse to said slide axis, each said pair of tooling being offset from the other in said first direction, the tooling of said pairs on said slide including means to position a partially formed can end in a horizontal plane beneath said feed path when said slide is in said first position, kicker member means for each said pair of tooling, said kicker member means being supported by said frame means on one side of the corresponding tooling and being reciprocable horizontally in a second direction transverse to said first direction and in said horizontal plane to propel a partially formed can end positioned in said horizontal plane in the direction toward the opposite side of the corresponding tooling on said slide, means for reciprocating said kicker member means, curling means for each said pair of tooling mounted on said frame means and spaced from said opposite side of said corresponding toolng, said curling means including entrance means in said horizontal plane and aligned with the corresponding kicker member means, and means between said opposite side of said corresponding tooling and said entrance means for receiving and delivering partially formed can ends propelled by said kicker member means to said curling means.
Can end making apparatus comprising, an underdriven double action press having frame means including a lower portion and means providing bed means on said lower portion, upper and lower slides, means on said lower portion of said frame means supporting said slides for reciprocation vertically along a slide axis toward and away from said bed means between corresponding first and second positions, said slides having opposite sides and opposite ends transverse to said slide axis, drive means in said lower portion of said frame means for reciprocating said slides, a plurality of pairs of opposed tooling supported on said slides and bed means in offset relationship to one another in the direction between said ends of said slides, the tooling of each said pair being axially spaced apart in said first positions of said slides and being cooperable in said second positions of said slides to partially form a can end from sheet material interposed therebetween, means to feed sheet material between the tooling of said pairs along a horizontal feed path in the direction between said sides of said slides, the tooling of said pairs on said bed means including means to position a partially formed can end in a horizontal plane above said feed path, kicker member means supported by said frame means on each said opposite sides of said slide and provided one for each said pair of tooling, said kicker member means being reciprocable in said horizontal plane and in the direction between said sides of said slides to propel partially formed can ends positioned in said horizontal plane toward said opposite sides of said slides, means to reciprocate said kicker member means, means including first and second conveyor means for receiving partially formed can ends propelled by said kicker member means, each said conveyor means being supported outwardly of a different one of said opposite sides of said slides and extending in the direction between said ends of said slides to convey partially formed can ends along a corresponding conveyor path in the direction from one of said slide ends toward the other, and curling means for each said conveyor means including entrance means positioned along said conveyor path for receiving partially formed can ends conveyed by the corresponding one of said conveyor means.
Can end making apparatus comprising a press having frame means including upper and lower portions and means providing bed means on said lower portion, a slide, means on said bed means supporting said slide for reciprocation vertically along a slide axis toward and away from said bed means and between first and second slide positions, drive means for said slide including drive shaft means above said slide and having opposite ends rotatably supported by corresponding sealed cartridge bearing means interposed between said drive shaft ends and said upper portion of said frame means, said slide having opposite sides and opposite ends transverse to said slide axis, a plurality of pairs of opposed tooling supported on said slide and bed means in offset relationship to one another in the direction between said ends of said slide, the tooling of each pair being axially spaced apart in said first position of said slide and being cooperable in said second position of said slide to partially form a can end from sheet material interposed therebetween, means to feed sheet material between the tooling of said pairs along a horizontal feed path in the direction between said ends of said slide, the tooling of said pairs on said slide means each including means to displace a partially formed can end to a horizontal plane above said feed line, kicker member means for each said pair of tooling supported on one of said opposite sides of said slide for reciprocation therewith, said kicker member means being reciprocable in said horizontal plane in the direction between said opposite sides of said slide to propel a partially formed can end in said horizontal plane toward the other of said opposite sides, means to reciprocate said kicker member means, a curling machine for each said pair of tooling mounted on said frame means on the side of said slide opposite said kicker member means, said curling machines having entrance means facing the corresponding pair of tooling, and guide chute means for each said pair of tooling and having an entrance end in said horizontal plane and adjacent the tooling and a discharge end at said entrance means of the corresponding curling machine.
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