Patent ID: 11931792
Assignee: BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A device for inhibiting rotational motion of an article to be processed, the device comprising:
a pressure plate assembly including a generally ring-shaped guide assembly configured to surround an open end of the article to be processed, the guide assembly having at least two guide pins extending from a first side of the guide assembly in a transverse direction, the guide assembly further including at least two resilient devices positioned over a respective one of the at least two guide pins; and
an article guide having an aperture for receiving an open end of an article moving in a first direction and for aligning the open end of the article with a processing device, the article guide being positioned adjacent to the first side of the pressure plate assembly, the processing device being positioned generally adjacent to the pressure plate assembly;
wherein the at least two resilient devices are configured to be compressed in response to movement of the article guide in a first direction, and the at least two resilient devices are configured to decompress in response to movement of the article guide in a second, generally opposite direction.