High speed capping machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR RAPIDLY FEEDING AND APPLYING ROTATABLE CLOSURE CAPS TO A RAPIDLY MOVINGF FILE OF UPRIGHT CONTAINERS, THE CAPS AND CONTAINERS HAVING TELESCOPING PORTIONS WITH COOPERATING THREAD-LIKE MEMBERS WHICH INTERLOCK UPON ROTATION OF THE CAP ON THE MOUTH OF THE CONTAINER AND FORCE THE CAP DOWN ONTO THE CONTAINER, MEANS FOR FEEDING EACH SUCCESSIVE CAP INTO A POSITION WHERE IT ENCOMPASSES THE TOP OF A CONTAINER, MEANS FOR LEVELING THE CAPS AS THEY ARE MOVED BY SAID FEEDING MEANS INTO SAID CONTAINER TOP ENCOMPASSING POSITION SO THAT EACH CAP IS SUBSTANTIALLY LEVEL THEREBY TO PERMIT MOVEMENT DOWNWARDLY ON THE MOUTH OF THE CONTAINER, MEANS FOR HOLDING THE CAPS ON THE CONTAINERS IN LEVELED POSITION FOR FURTHER ADVANCE WITH THE CONTAINERS, MEANS FOR PRELIMINARILY TURNING EACH CAP TO PROPER SEALING POSITION IRRESPECTIVE OF THE INITIAL RELATIVE POSITION OF THE THREAD-LIKE MEMBERS ON A CAP AND ITS ASSOCIATED CONTAINER, SEALING MEANS FOR THEREAFTER ROATING THE CAPS DOWNWARDLY TO FULLY SEATED AND SEALED POSITION ON THE CONTAINERS AND A COCKED CAP SENSING MEMBER IN THE PATH OF THE CONTAINERS BETWEEN THE CAP APPLYING AND LEVELING MEANS AND SAID SEALING MEANS, WHICH SENSING MEMBER IS CONNECTED TO A CONTROL SWITCH FOR ACTUATING A MECHANISM TO REMOVE FROM THE MACHINE A CONTAINER ON WHICH THE CAP IS COCKED.