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Adjustable transfer assembly for container manufacturing process

  • US 9,290,329 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2012
  • Issued: 03/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transfer turret assembly for a can necking machine, the transfer turret assembly comprising:

  • a rotatable transfer starwheel configured to transfer can bodies between can pockets of a first process station and can pockets of a second process station, the transfer starwheel including a plurality of peripheral pockets, each peripheral pocket adapted to receive a can body and including a vacuum port; and

    at least one adjustable baffle that has an adjustable position relative to either an infeed position or a discharge position;

    wherein the peripheral pockets are adapted to rotate between the infeed position, in which a retaining airflow is applied through the vacuum port, and the discharge position, in which the retaining airflow from the vacuum port is removed, and wherein at least one of the infeed position and the discharge position is adjustable relative to the other by the at least one adjustable baffle to enable adjustment of the at least one of the infeed position and discharge position relative to the corresponding can pocket of the process station.

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