Patent ID: 7134824

Claim:
A curling-sealing compound lining machine for non-circular metal lids of containers, characterized by a continuous operation and comprising a single body with a prismatic construction and a body provided with: an upper base incorporating a large rotary platen ( 1 ); a number of workstations ( 5 ), placed on the platen ( 1 ) and provided with curling ( 6 ) and sealing compound lining ( 7 ) devices placed diametrically opposite each other in each station ( 5 ); one or several sets of feeding devices ( 8 ) and discharge devices ( 9 ), placed consecutively in the appropriate order on the platen ( 1 ); common actuation means for these stations ( 5 ) inside the machine ( 4 ); such that: the rotary platen ( 1 ), in addition to performing both the curling and sealing compound lining operations continuously and at a high speed, allows working with any type of profile of lid ( 2 ) or base, adapting to any shape, by rotating the lids ( 2 ) in the workstations ( 5 ) while stationed on top of a lid-carrying platen ( 3 ); the curling ( 6 ) and sealing compound lining ( 7 ) devices can move from their usual working positions along the arc on which are placed the feeding ( 8 ) and discharge ( 9 ) devices, that also operate continuously.