Device for assembling needle points in cups

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR THE PLACEMENT AND SECURING OF A PLURALITY OF NEEDLE-SHAPED ELEMENTS IN CUP-LIKE CONTAINERS, THE CENTERS OF GRAVITY OF SAID ELEMENTS BEING DISPLACED FROM THE GEOMETRIC CENTER TOWARD THE BLUNT ENDS OF SAID ELEMENTS BECAUSE OF SAID NEEDLE SHAPE, IN COMBINATION: A TROUGH-SHAPED MEMBER ADAPTED TO HOLD A PLURALITY OF SAID ELEMENTS, SAID TROUGH HAVING AN APERTURE ALIGNED AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER END OF A VERTICALLY EXTENDING BORE OF A SUPPORT, THE DIMENSION OF SAID APERTURE IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID ELEMENTS BEING SMALLER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM SAID ELEMENT''S CENTER OF GRAVITY TO ITS FARTHEST END BUT GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM SAID ELEMENT''S CENTER OF GRAVITY TO ITS NEAREST END, MEANS IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE LOWER END OF SAID BORE FOR SUPPORTING SAID CONTAINERS, A SLIDEABLY MOUNTED APERTURED PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS THEREIN POSITIONED ACROSS SAID BORE BETWEEN SAID TROUGH AND SAID MEANS, AND MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID PLATE IN A POSITION WHEREIN SAID SLOTS ARE IN SAID BORE, THE WIDTH DIMENSIONS OF SAID SLOTS BEING SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETERS OF SAID ELEMENTS AND ADAPTED TO CATCH THE BLUNT ENDS OF SAID ELEMENTS TO ALIGN AND STAND THEM UPRIGHT IN SAID BORE BUT NOT TO ALLOW THEM TO DROP THERETHROUGH, MEANS FOR IMPARTING VIBRATION TO SAID TROUGH TO ADVANCE SAID ELEMENTS TOWARD SAID TROUGH APERTURE, THE LATTER ADAPTED DIMENSIONALLY TO COOPERATE WITH SAID ELEMENTS, SO THAT IF SAID ELEMENTS APPROACH SAID APERTURE BLUNT END FIRST, THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID ELEMENT WILL ADVANCE OVER SAID APERTURE BEFORE SAID BLUNT END BRIDGES SAID APERTURE THEREBY CAUSING SAID ELEMENT TO FALL THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND INTO SAID BORE BLUNT END DOWN, AND IF SAID ELEMENTS APPROACH SAID APERTURE SHARP END FIRST, THE LATTER WILL BRIDGE SAID APERTURE BEFORE SAID ELEMENT''S CENTER OF GRAVITY ADVANCES OVER SAID APERTURE FORCING SAID ELEMENT TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE UNTIL SAID CENTER OF GRAVITY AND BLUNT END ADVANCE OVER SAID APERTURE THEREBY CAUSING SAID ELEMENT TO FALL THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND INTO SAID BORE BLUNT END DOWN, SAID PLATE LOCATED TO INTERCEPT SAID ELEMENTS IN SAID BORE ABOVE SAID CONTAINERS AND ADAPTED TO ORIENT THEM IN AN UPRIGHT ALIGNED POSITION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PLATE LATERALLY TO ALIGN SAID PLATE APERTURE WITH SAID BORE AND DROP SAID ELEMENTS INTO SAID CONTAINERS SHARP ENDS UP.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR THE PLACEMENT AND SECURING OF A PLURALITY OF NEEDLE-SHAPED ELEMENTS IN CUP-LIKE CONTAINERS, THE CENTERS OF GRAVITY OF SAID ELEMENTS BEING DISPLACED FROM THE GEOMETRIC CENTER TOWARD THE BLUNT ENDS OF SAID ELEMENTS BECAUSE OF SAID NEEDLE SHAPE, IN COMBINATION: A TROUGH-SHAPED MEMBER ADAPTED TO HOLD A PLURALITY OF SAID ELEMENTS, SAID TROUGH HAVING AN APERTURE ALIGNED AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER END OF A VERTICALLY EXTENDING BORE OF A SUPPORT, THE DIMENSION OF SAID APERTURE IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID ELEMENTS BEING SMALLER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM SAID ELEMENT''S CENTER OF GRAVITY TO ITS FARTHEST END BUT GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM SAID ELEMENT''S CENTER OF GRAVITY TO ITS NEAREST END, MEANS IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE LOWER END OF SAID BORE FOR SUPPORTING SAID CONTAINERS, A SLIDEABLY MOUNTED APERTURED PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS THEREIN POSITIONED ACROSS SAID BORE BETWEEN SAID TROUGH AND SAID MEANS, AND MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID PLATE IN A POSITION WHEREIN SAID SLOTS ARE IN SAID BORE, THE WIDTH DIMENSIONS OF SAID SLOTS BEING SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETERS OF SAID ELEMENTS AND ADAPTED TO CATCH THE BLUNT ENDS OF SAID ELEMENTS TO ALIGN AND STAND THEM UPRIGHT IN SAID BORE BUT NOT TO ALLOW THEM TO DROP THERETHROUGH, MEANS FOR IMPARTING VIBRATION TO SAID TROUGH TO ADVANCE SAID ELEMENTS TOWARD SAID TROUGH APERTURE, THE LATTER ADAPTED DIMENSIONALLY TO COOPERATE WITH SAID ELEMENTS, SO THAT IF SAID ELEMENTS APPROACH SAID APERTURE BLUNT END FIRST, THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID ELEMENT WILL ADVANCE OVER SAID APERTURE BEFORE SAID BLUNT END BRIDGES SAID APERTURE THEREBY CAUSING SAID ELEMENT TO FALL THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND INTO SAID BORE BLUNT END DOWN, AND IF SAID ELEMENTS APPROACH SAID APERTURE SHARP END FIRST, THE LATTER WILL BRIDGE SAID APERTURE BEFORE SAID ELEMENT''S CENTER OF GRAVITY ADVANCES OVER SAID APERTURE FORCING SAID ELEMENT TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE UNTIL SAID CENTER OF GRAVITY AND BLUNT END ADVANCE OVER SAID APERTURE THEREBY CAUSING SAID ELEMENT TO FALL THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND INTO SAID BORE BLUNT END DOWN, SAID PLATE LOCATED TO INTERCEPT SAID ELEMENTS IN SAID BORE ABOVE SAID CONTAINERS AND ADAPTED TO ORIENT THEM IN AN UPRIGHT ALIGNED POSITION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PLATE LATERALLY TO ALIGN SAID PLATE APERTURE WITH SAID BORE AND DROP SAID ELEMENTS INTO SAID CONTAINERS SHARP ENDS UP.