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Spout singulator for closure feed system

  • US 20020073648A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2000
  • Published: 06/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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