Transfer belt assembly for a six-out conversion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11413678-B2
Application number	US-201916244203-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2019
Priority date	Jan 10, 2019
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A transfer belt assembly includes a plurality of transfer belts. The transfer belt assembly is structured to move any of an increased number of shells, a very increased number of shells, or an extremely increased number of shells through said conversion press.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conversion press comprising: a housing assembly: a ram press coupled to said housing assembly and including an elongated ram body structured to reciprocate and apply a force along a line of action substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the ram body; a plurality of die sets each defining an elongated shell lane: a lower die assembly coupled to said housing assembly and an upper die assembly operatively engaged by said ram press; and a transfer belt assembly consisting of three transfer belts, each said transfer belt movably disposed between the upper die assembly and the lower die assembly, wherein each transfer belt includes two columns of shell recesses, and wherein each transfer belt has a deformation resistant width, wherein each die set includes a number of kiss blocks and a number of score dies: wherein at least one kiss block is disposed adjacent each score die: and wherein each column of shell recesses is disposed an effectual distance from a corresponding kiss block.

2. The conversion press of claim 1 wherein:
said three transfer belts is a lateral, first transfer belt, a central, second transfer belt and a lateral, third transfer belt.

3. The conversion press of claim 1 wherein:
said transfer belt assembly includes a number of transfer belt idlers;
wherein each transfer belt idler is associated with a single transfer belt in said transfer belt assembly plurality of transfer belts; and
wherein each transfer belt idler is a high speed belt idler.

4. The conversion press of claim 1 wherein:
said transfer belt assembly includes a lift gate assembly;
said lift gate assembly including an elongated lift gate member, a lifting assembly and an actuator assembly; and
said lift gate member having a reduced mass.

5. The conversion press of claim 1 wherein the die sets occupy a reduced area.

Assignees

• Stolle Machinery Co Llc
• Stolk Machinery Company Llc

Inventors

• Williams Greg Scott
• Will Robert Joseph
• Soliday Michael Richard

Classifications

• B21D51/383

  scoring lines, tear strips or pulling tabs · CPC title

• B21D51/38 Primary

  Making inlet or outlet arrangements of cans, tins, baths, bottles, or other vessels; Making can ends; Making closures · CPC title

• B21D43/12 Primary

  by chains or belts {(B21D43/145 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B21D51/44

  Making closures, e.g. caps (folded of thin metal foils in the way of making paper caps B31D5/00; making closures in conjunction with applying same B67B) · CPC title

• B21D51/26

  cans or tins; Closing same in a permanent manner (making outlet arrangements B21D51/38; welding or soldering B23K) · CPC title