Patents Assigned to Preferred Machining Corp.
  • Can lid downstacker mechanism
    Patent number: 5476362
    Abstract: A dual downstacker apparatus has adjacent can lid feed chutes for advancing lids one at a time into alternate ones of the pockets or recesses on a starwheel which is continuously rotated beneath the chutes; and the delivery of lids can be interrupted through one of the chutes without interrupting advancement through the other of the chutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Preferred Machining Corp.
    Inventors: Roger L. Kobak, Clinton W. Rutledge