Patent ID: 6527687
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B26F,B31B

Abstract:
A press system for cutting and forming a plurality of containers from sheet stock, the press system comprising:first and second presses through which the sheet stock is fed in a feed direction, each press comprising a plurality of die systems for sequentially cutting the sheet stock to create a blank and forming the blank to create a separate container by each of said first and second presses, each die system comprising: first and second mating die halves configured to move together to form the container from the blank, and a cutting punch extending about the first die half and movable therewith, the cutting punch being configured to cut the piece of sheet stock to create the blank, movement of the die halves together causing the cutting punch to cut the blank from the piece of sheet stock and further movement of the die halves together causing the first and second die halves to form the container from the blank the first press being positioned upstream from the second press and the die systems comprising the first press being positioned and arranged to cut blanks from the sheet stock in a first pattern and form the blanks into containers, leaving a modified web of sheet stock, the die systems comprising the second press being positioned and arranged to subsequently cut blanks from the modified web of sheet stock in a second pattern and form the blanks into containers whereby the first and second patterns are spaced to maximize the use of the sheet stock.