Patent ID: 6113333
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B05C,B29C

Abstract:
In apparatus wherein a plurality of sealant applying guns are mounted on a rotatable spindle and are controlled to apply sealant to an annular outer rim of a can lid during a portion of each complete revolution of the rotatable spindle and wherein a plurality of lift chucks are mounted on the rotatable spindle for rotation therewith and wherein each lift chuck is rotated relative to the rotatable spindle while the rotatable spindle is rotating and wherein the apparatus includes mechanisms for raising and lowering each lift chuck in longitudinal directions as the spindle rotates and wherein each can lid is, in a continuous operation, deposited on one of the plurality of rotating lift chucks, the improvement comprising:at least a partial vacuum forming apparatus comprising at least parts of each of said lift chucks for holding a can lid at a desired location relative to a sealant applying gun so that said sealant applying gun can apply sealant to said can lid.