Can orienting machine

Claim 1

A CAN ORIENTING MACHINE COMPRISING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED TABLE HAVING A DOME-SHAPED TOP AND A DEPENDING CYLINDRICAL SKIRT, SAID TABLE TOP BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT CYLINDRICAL WALLED CANS, A CYLINDRICAL WALL CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID TABLE AND OF A DIAMETER LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID SKIRT, SAID WALL HAVING A HORIZONTAL BOTTOM EDGE SPACED FROM THE ANNULAR TABLE TOP PORTION DISPOSED DIRECTLY THEREBENEATH AND COMBINING THEREWITH TO PROVIDE A CAN PASSAGE, MEANS REVOLVING THE TABLE FOR PROPELLING THE CANS BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE OUTWARDLY THROUGH THE CAN PASSAGE, SAID CAN PASSAGE BEING OF A SIZE TO ALLOW MOVEMENT OF THE CANS THERETHROUGH ONLY WHEN IN UPRIGHT OR INVERTED POSITIONS ON THE TABLE TOP, A RETAINING WALL DISPOSED AROUND AND RADIALLY SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID TABLE TOP AND ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY PERIPHERAL EDGES OF THE BOTTOMS OR RIMS OF THE CANS WHICH ARE CONVEYED OUTWARDLY THROUGH THE CAN PASSAGE FOR MAINTAINING SAID CANS IN POSITIONS RESTING ON THE TABLE TOP FOR TRAVEL THEREWITH PARTIALLY AROUND THE RETAINING WALL, SAID RETAINING WALL INCLUDING AN END PORTION DISPOSED IN DIVERGING RELATION TO SAID CYLINDRICAL SKIRT AND ADAPTED TO PERMIT GRAVITY ESCAPE OF THE CANS BETWEEN THE RETAINING WALL AND TABLE, A LOWER CHUTE DISPOSED ALONG SAID DIVERGENT PORTION OF THE RETAINING WALL AND HAVING AN ENTRANCE END ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE INVERTED CANS, AN UPPER CHUTE DISPOSED ABOVE THE LOWER CHUTE HAVING AN ENTRANCE END DISPOSED BEYOND THE ENTRANCE END OF THE LOWER CHUTE AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE UPRIGHT CANS WHICH ARE CONVEYED BEYOND THE INVERTED CANS BY SAID TABLE AND WHILE CONFINED BY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RETAINING WALL, SAID LOWER CHUTE HAVING AN EXIT END DISPOSED DIRECTLY BENEATH AN EXIT END OF THE UPPER CHUTE AND BEING TWISTED THROUGH AN ARC OF 180* BETWEEN ITS ENDS WHEREBY THE CANS ARE MOVING ALONG THE LOWER CHUTE ARE ADAPTED TO BE ORIENTED TO FACE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE CANS IN THE UPPER CHUTE AT THE EXIT ENDS OF THE CHUTES.