Cap orienting and feeding apparatus
US4214656A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 26, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/24
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for accepting an initially presented population of randomly oriented container caps and providing an output in-line stream of said caps wherein the open ends of the caps face in an upward direction to facilitate further processing of the caps. The apparatus comprises a feeder bowl for accepting the randomly oriented caps, and feeding from an output port thereof, an in-line stream of caps oriented in a substantially horizontal plane. An inclined twisting chute extends from the output of the feeder bowl. This chute receives the in-line stream of caps and twists the plane of advance of same through 90.degree., whereby the caps are reoriented to a stream wherein their diameters are substantially in a vertical plane. A guide chute extends at an incline from the output of the twisting chute, and include an input section for receiving the caps at their vertical orientation, an output section whereat the caps are oriented with their diameters parallel to the support surface, and a transition zone between the input and output sections whereat the caps may gravitationally tip and fall from the vertical plane to the reoriented, more nearly horizontal positions. A biasing device is p…
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