Device for stabilizing caps while being attached to containers
AssigneeNew England Machinery, Inc.
InventorGeza E. Bankuty
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Abstract
A device for stabilizing container caps on the open ends of containers so that they may be securely threaded onto the containers by a capping machine. The device comprises a mounting means adapted for attachment to capping machines and a cap guide that comprises a base that is pivotally connected to the mounting means for rotation about one end of the base and has a biasing means interposed between the base and the mounting means that urges the cap guide into a downward position. The top of the cap engages the base rotating the cap guide to a generally horizontal position leveling the cap. Simultaneously the biasing means applies a downward force on the top of the cap to ensure that the threads on the cap will engage with those on the container when the cap is rotated.
Claims9
A cap stabilizing device adapted for use in conjunction with a container capping apparatus having at least one pair of generally opposed cap tightening rollers for rotatably engaging the side of threaded container caps, the downwardly facing container caps having a top surface and at least one side, said cap stabilizing device comprising:
- mounting means adapted for mounting said cap stabilizing device to the capping apparatus;
- a cap guide comprising a base adapted for engaging a container cap, said base having a first end and a second end, said cap guide being pivotally connected, intermediate said first end and said second end of said base, to said mounting means for rotation of said second end of said base about a generally horizontal axis between a generally horizontal position and a downward position, said downward position of said base comprising a predetermined angle of rotation about said generally horizontal axis;
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- means interposed between said mounting means and said cap guide for biasing said cap guide toward said downward position, whereby a downward force is applied to a container cap when the container cap engages said cap guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.