Can seaming means

Claim 1

A CONTINUOUS HORIZONTAL CAN SEAMING MACHINE COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF, A SUPPORTING FOR RECEIVING CAN CLOSURE MEMBERS AND CAN BODIES COMPRISING A TURRET MOUNTED FOR AXIAL ROTATION ON A HORIZONTAL DRIVE SHAFT, MEAND DEFINING A MULTIPLICITY OF EQUALLY SPACED NOTCHES ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID TURRET, A VERTICAL CHUTE SPACED ABOVE SAID SUPPORT TO DELIVER CAN BODIES TO EACH NOTCH, SAID CHUTE BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM ONE END OF SAID NOTCH SO THAT A FIRST OPEN END OF EACH CAN BODY IS SPACED INWARDLY FROM ONE END OF SAID NOTCH, AN AXIALLY ROTATABLE BACKING MEANS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST OPEN END OF EACH CAN BODY RECEIVED BY SAID NOTCH TO DEFINE A POCKET WITH SAID NOTCH AND SAID FIRST OPEN END, MEANS FOR RESTRAINING SAID BACKING MEANS AGAINST LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT, MEANS FOR AXIALLY ROTATING SAID BACKING MEANS, A CHUTE SPACED ABOVE SAID SUPPORT TO DELIVER CAN CLOSURE MEMBERS TO EACH OF SAID POCKETS, MEANS TO FEED CAN CLOSURE MEMBERS INTO SAID CHUTE AND TO SAID POCKETS ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS WITH SAID CAN BODIES, EACH OF SAID NOTCHES HAVING A TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION SHAPED TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CAN CLOSURE MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID CAN CLOSURE MEMBERS HAVING A PERIPHERAL FLANGE WHICH DEFINES A CONCENTRIC ANNULAR LAND FOR GUIDINGLY ENGAGING SAID FIRST OPEN END, AXIALLY ROTATABLE MEANS AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID CAN CLOSURE MEMBER AND SAID BACKING MEANS FOR PUSHING A SECOND OPEN END OF SAID CAN BODY TO THEREBY LONGITUDINALLY MOVE SAID CAN BODY ALONG SAID NOTCH TO FORCE SAID FIRST OPEN END AGAINST SAID CAN CLOSURE MEMBER AND TO MOVE SAID CAN CLOSURE MEMBER INTO ROTATIONAL CONTACT WITH SAID BACKING MEANS WHEREBY SAID CAN CLOSURE MEMBER WILL BE AXIALLY ROTATED BY SAID BACKING MEANS AND SAID