Article: Virginia, South Carolina Inventors Develop Machine Line Quick Change Over Apparatus

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 1 -- Joseph G. Schill and Jeffery L. Shortridge, both of Lynchburg, Va., Christopher D. Shuey of Fishersville, Va., and Dennis E. Green of Johns Island, S.C., have developed a machine line quick change over apparatus.

An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A machine arrangement includes a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate with each other in a manner which comprises a machine line. This machine line incorporates apparatus which is associated with and/or comprises part of the machines for: at least one of moving, holding, manipulating and shaping cans as they pass from a can infeed to a can discharge of the ...

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