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Adjustable container capping apparatus

  • US 4,662,153 A
  • Filed: 02/03/1986
  • Issued: 05/05/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Adjustable apparatus for capping containers of different cap sizes said apparatus comprising a main housing arranged for rotation by a driving spindle, a main gear having an axis and gear teeth about at least a portion of its periphery and disposed within said main housing, a helix cam including a cam gear coaxially disposed with respect to said main gear, a plurality of clamp shafts disposed about said main gear and said cam gear and rotatably mounted in said main housing and having outer ends projecting out of said main housing, a plurality of gear segments respectively mounted on said clamp shafts and having gear teeth in operative engagement with the teeth of said cam gear for respectively angularly shifting said clamp shafts in coordination with relative angular movement of said main housing and said main gear, a plurality of clamp arms secured respectively to said outer ends of said clamp shafts, and a plurality of cap grippers mounted on said clamp arms respectively for engaging a container cap about its periphery, and adjusting means for imparting relative angular movement to said main housing and said cam gear about the axes of said cam and said main gears.

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