Container body trimming and/or deburring apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING AN OPEN END OF A CONTAINER BODY OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A CONTAINER BODY CARRYING MEMBER, MEANS FOR SERIALLY FEEDING CONTAINER BODIES TO SAID MEMBER AT A FIRST STATION, MEANS FOR SERIALLY REMOVING SAID CONTAINER BODIES FROM SAID MEMBER AT A THIRD STATION, MEANS FOR INDEXING SAID MEMBER TO SERIALLY MOVE EACH CONTAINER BODY THROUGH AN ORBITAL PATH AND POSITION THE SAME AT A SECOND STATION BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND THIRD STATION, A MILLING KNIFE, MEANS FOR ORBITING SAID KNIFE ABOUT A PATH CONCENTRIC WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF EACH CONTAINER BODY POSITIONED AT SAID SECOND STATION BY SAID INDEXING MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR CAUSING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID POSITIONED CONTAINER BODY AND KNIFE TO CAUSE SAID KNIFE TO TRIM SAID OPEN END OF SAID POSITIONED CONTAINER BODY WHEREBY AFTER SAID CONTAINER BODY HAS BEEN TRIMMED AT SAID SECOND STATION SAID INDEXING MEMBER WILL INDEX SAID TRIMMED BODY AWAY FROM SAID FIRST STATION TOWARD SAID THIRD STATION AND WILL INDEX ANOTHER CONTAINER BODY RECEIVED AT SAID FIRST STATION TO SAID SECOND STATION.