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US 11,254,517 B1Granted
Liner and load assembly therefor
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsNeil Albert Zumberger, Steven Todd Albright, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
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Abstract
A load assembly includes a supply mechanism structured to supply a plurality of container closures, and a conveyance assembly comprising a star wheel including a number of load pockets structured to receive the container closures and move the container closures from the supply mechanism to a processing assembly. The star wheel has an outer perimeter. Each of the load pockets is structured to receive a corresponding one of the container closures inboard of the outer perimeter of the star wheel.
Claims17
A load assembly comprising:
- a supply mechanism structured to supply a plurality of container closures;
- and
- a conveyance assembly comprising a star wheel including a number of load pockets structured to receive the container closures and move the container closures from the supply mechanism to a processing assembly,
- wherein the star wheel has an outer perimeter,
- wherein each of the load pockets is structured to receive a corresponding one of the container closures inboard of the outer perimeter of said star wheel,
- wherein the supply mechanism comprises a downstacker structured to hold the container closures in a vertical stack, and
- wherein the conveyance assembly further comprises a cam assembly, a guide member, and a pair of feed screws;
- wherein the pair of feed screws is structured to remove a container closure from the bottom of the vertical stack at a first elevation;
- and wherein the cam assembly and the guide member are structured to guide the container closure through a radial pathway as the container closure moves from the first elevation to a second elevation corresponding to a loaded position within a load pocket of the star wheel.
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A liner comprising:
- a base;
- a processing assembly operatively coupled to the base;
- and
- a load assembly comprising:
- a supply mechanism structured to supply a plurality of container closures, and
- a conveyance assembly comprising a star wheel including a number of load pockets structured to receive the container closures and move the container closures from the supply mechanism to the processing assembly,
- wherein the star wheel has an outer perimeter,
- wherein each of the load pockets is structured to receive a corresponding one of the container closures inboard of the outer perimeter of said star wheel, and
- wherein the supply mechanism comprises a downstacker structured to hold the container closures in a vertical stack;
- wherein the conveyance assembly further comprises a cam assembly, a guide member, and a pair of feed screws;
- wherein the pair of feed screws is structured to remove a container closure from the bottom of the vertical stack at a first elevation;
- and wherein the cam assembly and the guide member are structured to guide the container closure through a radial pathway as the container closure moves from the first elevation to a second elevation corresponding to a loaded position within a load pocket of the star wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.