Apparatus for capping the ends of a component

Claim 1

IN AN ASSEMBLY DEVICE FOR FORCING A CAP ONTO EACH END OF A COMPONENT, INDEXING NEST MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE COMPONENT, INDEXING CHUCK MEANS ALIGNED WITH THE NEST MEANS FOR FORCING A CAP ONTO EACH END OF THE COMPONENT, FINGER MEANS FOR ADVANCING A PAIR OF CAPS INTO THE CHUCK MEANS, MEANS ACTUATED BY THE INDEXING CHUCK MEANS FOR FEEDING COMPONENTS TO THE NEST MEANS, MEANS OPERATED BY THE FEEDING MEANS FOR TESTING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CAPS IN THE CHUCK MEANS AND ACCORDINGLY CONTROLLING THE PASSAGE OF COMPONENTS TO THE NEST MEANS, LEAF SPRINGS MOUNTED ON SAID NEST MEANS AND FLEXED BY THE CHUCK MEANS FORCING CAPS ONTO THE COMPONENT FOR APPLYING A FORCE TO THE CAPS TO HOLD THE CAPPED COMPONENT IN THE NEST MEANS, CAM MEANS RENDERED EFFECTIVE DURING ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDEXING NEST AND CHUCK MEANS FOR COMPRESSING THE LEAF SPRING MEANS TO RELEASE THE CAPPED COMPONENT, TRACKWAY MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE RELEASED CAPPED COMPONENT, SEPARABLE GAGING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE TRACKWAY MEANS FOR PRECLUDING PASSAGE THROUGH THE TRACKWAY MEANS OF A COMPONENT HAVING A DISTORTED CAP ASSEMBLED THEREWITH, AND CONTROL MEANS ACTUATED BY THE PRECLUDED COMPONENT FOR SEPARATING THE SEPARABLE GAGING MEANS TO RELEASE AND DISCHARGE THE COMPONENT FROM THE TRACKWAY MEANS.