US Patent Issued to Stolle Machinery on Oct. 20 for "Ceramic push pad for can necking machine" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,587, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Stolle Machinery Co. LLC (Centennial, Colo.).

"Ceramic push pad for can necking machine" was invented by Ian Kenneth Scholey (Barnsley, Great Britain) and Stephen Dane Christensen (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pusher assembly for use in forming a can body includes a pusher ram having a first end and an opposite second end. The pusher assembly also includes a number of cam followers positioned at or about the first end of the pusher ram for following a cam profile. The pusher assembly further includes a push pad coupled to the second end of the pusher ram, the push pad...