US 11,666,961 B2
Cam follower assembly for can bodymaker and can bodymaker including same
Karl S. Fleischer, Denver, CO (US); Ian Kenneth Scholey, Barnsley (GB); Leonardo Antonio Butolo Ribeiro, Brasilia/Brazil (BR); and Sylvan Mario Praturlon, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US)
Filed by Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US)
Filed on May 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/885,589.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370382 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B21D 51/26 (2006.01); B30B 1/26 (2006.01); F16H 25/08 (2006.01); F16H 53/06 (2006.01); F16H 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 51/2669 (2013.01) [B30B 1/261 (2013.01); F16H 25/14 (2013.01); F16H 53/06 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cam follower assembly for a can bodymaker, the cam follower assembly comprising:
a slider structured to be coupled to a proximal end of a ram body of the can bodymaker;
a plurality of cam follower members rotatably coupled to the slider, wherein the cam follower members are structured to be operatively coupled to a cam of a ram drive assembly; and
a cam follower bearing assembly having a number of hydrostatic/hydrodynamic bearing pads positioned and structured to engage with corresponding, cooperatively positioned, bearing members,
wherein the slider comprises a slider body and an upper frame portion extending upward from the slider body, and wherein the number of hydrostatic/hydrodynamic bearing pads are provided on the upper frame portion.