Abstract: A system and apparatus for roll forming to neck-in D&I cans ends and replace double necks and triple necks is disclosed. An externally disposed free roll is moved inward and axially against the outside wall of the open end of a trimmed can. A spring loaded interior support roller moves under the forming force of the free roll. This is a single operation where the can rotates and the free roll rotates such that a smooth conical necked end and flange are produced.

Abstract: A method and tool for drawing and ironing and bottom profiling a container in a single process operation is disclosed wherein the ironing does not take place during the bottom profiling operation and the precoating of the container side wall is not damaged during removal of the punch because of a specifically configured undercut portion of the punch wall.

Abstract: A decoration is transferred to a cylindrical body by employing a surface so configured as to maintain continuous contact with that body throughout the time of transfer; the body is supported for rotation during and as an incident to transfer but it may be positively driven at a greater speed, particularly in the instance where the decoration is a thin film label, which needs to be tensioned.

Abstract: Tubular container bodies having a lap side seam, obtained by uniting a resin and an adhesive bondable therewith, are produced by applying the bonding resin to the limited lap area of body blanks moving in a continuous stream and applying heat to the limited lap area to cure the resin in less than one second; the resin may be so applied that the raw metal edge of the body blank is also coated. The resin may be subsequently reheated to the final state of cure in which it will bond to the tacky adhesive on the opposed lap margin of the body blank.

Abstract: A seamless, closed bottom steel container (shell) principally for food products, is drawn and lengthened from a starting blank of steel having a layer of tin; afterwards, the shell is baked to develop a corrosion resistant tin-iron alloy between the steel substrate and a reserve layer of unalloyed tin.

Abstract: A seamless, closed bottom steel container (shell) principally for food products, is drawn and lengthened from a starting blank of steel having a layer of tin; afterwards, the shell is baked to develop a corrosion resistant tin-iron alloy between the steel substrate and a reverse layer of unalloyed tin.

Abstract: A three-knife sheet trimmer is so constructed as to separate the drive for the knives (one front knife and two side knives) from the drive for the clamps which hold the sheets (e.g., the sheets of a book) stationary while being trimmed. The knives at the stations are operated out of phase, and the moving masses are therefore balanced compared to the previous form of these trimmers where all knives move in the same direction at the same time. Separating the drives also enables a book to be sooner advanced from the first knife station to the second knife station. This being so, there is a greater allowance of time in which to make the transfer, and hence there is no need to rush the book.

Abstract: Elongated closed bottom shells (cans) are produced in the preferred manner by a double-acting punch body arranged on a horizontal axis and reciprocated between opposed die stations at a substantially constant velocity by a hydraulic force alternately applied to opposite sides of a ram on the punch body; blanks (of cup form) are fed to the die stations at times when the punch body dwells at the end of a stroke. Preferably the applied force is such that punch body attains peak (maximum) velocity before the punch encounters a cup centered at the die station; cup feed, cup positioning, punch body travel and formation of a shell of correct length are monitored (sensed) and in the event a programmed condition of machine function or production criterion is sensed as not satisfied, the machine is stopped.

Abstract: A casket lock structure for securing a casket top in a closed and sealed position. An elongated lock bar is slideably mounted inside the front of a casket. A connecting bar is pivotally mounted at one end to the lock bar and at the other end to an offset portion of a shaft extending through the wall of the casket such that rotation of the shaft causes a lateral translational movement of the lock bar. Striker pins fastened to the casket top are adapted to engage hook portions formed into the lock bar as the top is closed.