Spout singulator for closure feed system
First Claim
1. A closure feed system for use on an associated form, fill and seal packaging machine for feeding and singulating closures from a closure storage region to a closure applicator, the feed system comprising:
- a chute for conveying the closures from the storage region to the applicator, the chute defining a conveyance path; and
a singulator, the singulator including upper and lower reciprocating members, the members configured for alternatingly reciprocating into and out of the conveyance path, the lower member including a separating element having an upper surface and a lower surface, one of the upper and lower surfaces being formed at an incline relative to the other of the surfaces such that a distance between the upper and lower surfaces increases as the lower member moves into the conveyance path.
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Abstract
A closure feed system for use on an associated form, fill and seal packaging machine for feeding and singulating closures from a closure storage region to a closure applicator. The feed system includes a chute for conveying the closures from the storage region to the applicator along a conveyance path defined by the chute. A singulator includes upper and lower reciprocating members configured for alternatingly reciprocating into and out of the conveyance path. The lower member includes a separating element having an upper surface and a lower surface. One of the upper and lower surfaces is formed at an incline relative to the other surface such that a distance between the upper and lower surfaces increases as the lower member moves into the conveyance path.
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26 Claims
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1. A closure feed system for use on an associated form, fill and seal packaging machine for feeding and singulating closures from a closure storage region to a closure applicator, the feed system comprising:
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a chute for conveying the closures from the storage region to the applicator, the chute defining a conveyance path; and
a singulator, the singulator including upper and lower reciprocating members, the members configured for alternatingly reciprocating into and out of the conveyance path, the lower member including a separating element having an upper surface and a lower surface, one of the upper and lower surfaces being formed at an incline relative to the other of the surfaces such that a distance between the upper and lower surfaces increases as the lower member moves into the conveyance path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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14. A form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing packages, the packages having a spout mounted thereto, comprising:
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a carton magazine;
a carton erection station;
a closure applicator station including a closure storage region and a closure applicator, the applicator station including a chute for conveying the closures from the storage region to the closure applicator, the chute defining a conveyance path, the applicator station including a singulator having upper and lower reciprocating members configured for alternatingly reciprocating into and out of the conveyance path, the lower member including a separating element having an upper surface and a lower surface, one of the upper and lower surfaces being formed at an angle relative to the other of the surfaces such that a distance between the upper and lower surfaces increases as the lower member moves into the conveyance path;
a filling station; and
a top sealing station.
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