Apparatus for crimping a cover to an open end of a container or the like

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE SUPPORT MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO CARRYY A CONTAINER HAVING A RECESSED COVER DISPOSED OVER AN OPEN END THEREOF, THE OTHER OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS CARRYING A CENTRAL DIE MEANS ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESS OF SAID COVER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID OTHER SUPPORT MEMBER TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID ONE SUPPORT MEMBER, PERIPHERAL DIE MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID OTHER SUPPORT MEMBER AND BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID OTHER SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID PERIPHERAL DIE MEANS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID CENTRAL DIE MEANS TO CRIMP SAID COVER TO SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID PERIPHERAL DIE MEANS IS IN ONE POSITION THEREOF AND SAID CENTRAL DIE MEANS IS IN ONE POSITION THEREOF, SAID PERIPHERAL DIE MEANS NORMALLY BEING IN ANOTHER POSITION THEREOF, SAID DIE MEANS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT SAID PERIPHERAL DIE MEANS AND SAID CENTRAL DIE MEANS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVED TO SAID ONE POSITIONS THEREOF BY SAID MOVING MEANS SAID OTHER SUPPORT MEMBER TO CRIMP SAID COVER TO SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID OTHER SUPPORT MEMBER IS MOVED TOWARD SAID ONE SUPPORT MEMBER BY SAID MOVING MEANS TO CAUSE SAID CENTRAL DIE MEANS TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESS OF SAID COVER.