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CAPPING APPARATUS

  • US 3,771,284 A
  • Filed: 09/20/1971
  • Issued: 11/13/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. The combination with a container filling turret mounted for rotary motion on a base, of a cap leveling and pretightening assembly and a cap tightening turret, the container being moved in sequence from the container filling turret past the cap leveling and pretightening assembly to the cap tightening turret, said cap leveling and pretightening assembly comprising, a housing supported in a fixed position on the base in the path of motion of the containers, said housing having a groove positioned in a transverse relation to the direction of motion of the containers, said groove terminating in a reduced cross section width to retain the major portion in the groove and allow a minor portion of the cap to be exposed below the housing, a chute attached to said housing for feeding caps in sequence to said groove, means mounted on the front of said housing for holding the caps in a substantially vertical relation on the reduced width cross section, whereby the cap will be pulled from the housing by the movement of the neck of the container into engagement with the exposed section of the cap, said cap tightening turret including a housing having a number of cap-tightening spindles, each spindle including a head and a resilient ring having a tapered recess for engaging and tightening said cap on the container, and means for supporting the container for movement into the recess in said resilient rings.

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