Title:
CAN BODYMAKER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/138411
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A can bodymaker, which includes a disc feed (1) for feeding a disc (5) directly to the bodymaker itself. A locator (9) positions the disc (5) centrally to a blankholder (12) and a draw pad (10) clamps the disc (5) against a draw die (11). The blankholder (12) then forms the disc into a cup (20) and clamps the cup against a redraw die (14) ready to be picked up by a punch and carried through dies for forming a can body.
Inventors:
EGERTON, Daniel (13 Burnside Crescent, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2BH, GB)
WOULDS, William (12 Roundwood Road, BaildonShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7JX, GB)
WOULDS, William (12 Roundwood Road, BaildonShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7JX, GB)
Application Number:
EP2011/057237
Publication Date:
November 10, 2011
Filing Date:
May 05, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. (11535 S Central Avenue, Alsip, IL, 60803-2599, US)
EGERTON, Daniel (13 Burnside Crescent, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2BH, GB)
WOULDS, William (12 Roundwood Road, BaildonShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7JX, GB)
EGERTON, Daniel (13 Burnside Crescent, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2BH, GB)
WOULDS, William (12 Roundwood Road, BaildonShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7JX, GB)
International Classes:
B21D22/28; B21D22/22; B21D43/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
RATLIFF, Ismay et al. (Downsview Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 9BP, GB)
Claims: