Patent ID: 8037728

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a bottle can comprising a die-ring disposed to a work holding part for holding the bottom of a closed-end cylindrical body, and a tool holding part disposed opposite an open part of the closed-end cylindrical body, having plural processing tools for shaping the closed-end cylindrical body into various forms, the work holding part and the tool holding part being held so that each can rotate relatively and move in the direction of a center line of the closed-end cylindrical body relatively to each other, each of the processing tools shaping the closed-end cylindrical body into various forms to produce a bottle can, further comprising: a regulating means for regulating forward movement of each of the processing tools or the work holding part to prevent the space between each of the processing tools and the work holding part at the forward end of the tool holding part or the work holding part, from becoming equal to or less than a predetermined value, wherein the regulating means comprises: a stopper disposed to one of the tool holding part or the working holding part, and a position regulating member disposed opposite the stopper, on one of the work holding part or the tool holding part, so that the stopper and the position regulating member mechanically come in contact with each other when the work holding part or the tool holding part moves forward excessively so that the space therebetween becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, thereby regulating the forward movement of the tool holding part or the work holding part.