Apparatus and method for automatically electronically testing condoms

An apparatus for automatically electronically testing condoms comprising:

• an inflation tub having an internal chamber for housing a plurality of condoms;
• a jug assembly having a plurality of jugs, each of said jugs having means for receiving a condom from said inflation tub;
• a mandrel assembly having a plurality of mandrels, each of said mandrels receiving a condom from one of said jugs to electronically test said condom;
• wherein said inflation tub includes a rotatable housing that defines said internal chamber, said housing includes at least one inlet port to permit the circulation of air into said chamber, thereby creating an air flow within said chamber that generally flows from a lower portion thereof to an upper portion thereof, further comprising an agitator being rotatably mounted within said chamber to prevent said condoms from bunching up within said chamber;
• a plurality of cylinders connected to an upper wall of said housing;
• and said cylinders each having an open bottom end to receive a condom floating within said chamber;
• a plurality of rotating pivoting blocks connected to an exterior portion of said upper wall of said housing, each one of said blocks corresponding to one of said cylinders, each one of said blocks including a flow path that selectively communicates with one of said cylinders and said chamber, said flow path within said block continuously communicating with a fixed vacuum ring;
• said block pivots between a load position and an unload position, in said load position said block is in contact with said upper wall of said housing, in said unload position, said block is pivoted upwardly and is spaced from said upper surface of said housing.