Cap turnover device

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR INVERTING CLOSURE CAPS OF THE TYPE HAVING A TOP PANEL AND A DEPENDING PERIPHERAL SKIRT WHICH ARE IMPROPERLY POSITIONED, COMPRISING AN ELONGATE CHUTE WITH A PASSAGEWAY OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION FOR RECEIVING AT ONE END THEREOF A LINE OF CAPS WHICH ARE IN A COMMON PLANE WITH THE TOP FORMING PANELS IN RANDOM RELATION, THE PASSAGEWAY BEING OF A SIZE TO PERMIT THE CAPS TO MOVE FREELY FROM ONE END OF THE CHUTE TO THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID CHUTE HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GUIDE SLOTS WHICH ARE DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CHUTE TO INVERT CAPS WHICH ARE TILTED ABOUT A DIAMETRICAL AXIS AS THEY ADVANCE IN THE CHUTE, A CAP POSITION SENSING WHEEL MOUNTED FOR FREE ROTATION ON A SHAFT WHICH EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY OF THE CHUTE AND WHICH IS RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT THE ENTRANCE END OF THE CHUTE SO AS TO ALLOW THE WHEEL TO MOVE IN A PATH TOWARDS AND FROM THE CHUTE, SAID WHEEL HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDING, SPACED PINS ON THE PERIPHERY THEREOF WHICH NORMALLY EXTEND INTO THE CHUTE AND MOVE IN THE PATH OF THE CAPS, SAID WHEEL BEING LOCATED ON ONE SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CHUTE SO THAT THE PINS WILL PROJECT INTO THE OPEN SIDE OF A PROPERLY POSITIONED CAP AND NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ADVANCING MOVEMENT OF THE CAP IN THE PASSAGEWAY AND THE TOP PANEL OF AN IMPROPERLY POSITIONED CAP WILL BE ENGAGED BY THE PINS AND THE CAP TILTED ABOUT A DIAMETRICAL AXIS INTO SAID GUIDE SLOTS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR INVERTING CLOSURE CAPS OF THE TYPE HAVING A TOP PANEL AND A DEPENDING PERIPHERAL SKIRT WHICH ARE IMPROPERLY POSITIONED, COMPRISING AN ELONGATE CHUTE WITH A PASSAGEWAY OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION FOR RECEIVING AT ONE END THEREOF A LINE OF CAPS WHICH ARE IN A COMMON PLANE WITH THE TOP FORMING PANELS IN RANDOM RELATION, THE PASSAGEWAY BEING OF A SIZE TO PERMIT THE CAPS TO MOVE FREELY FROM ONE END OF THE CHUTE TO THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID CHUTE HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GUIDE SLOTS WHICH ARE DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CHUTE TO INVERT CAPS WHICH ARE TILTED ABOUT A DIAMETRICAL AXIS AS THEY ADVANCE IN THE CHUTE, A CAP POSITION SENSING WHEEL MOUNTED FOR FREE ROTATION ON A SHAFT WHICH EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY OF THE CHUTE AND WHICH IS RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT THE ENTRANCE END OF THE CHUTE SO AS TO ALLOW THE WHEEL TO MOVE IN A PATH TOWARDS AND FROM THE CHUTE, SAID WHEEL HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDING, SPACED PINS ON THE PERIPHERY THEREOF WHICH NORMALLY EXTEND INTO THE CHUTE AND MOVE IN THE PATH OF THE CAPS, SAID WHEEL BEING LOCATED ON ONE SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CHUTE SO THAT THE PINS WILL PROJECT INTO THE OPEN SIDE OF A PROPERLY POSITIONED CAP AND NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ADVANCING MOVEMENT OF THE CAP IN THE PASSAGEWAY AND THE TOP PANEL OF AN IMPROPERLY POSITIONED CAP WILL BE ENGAGED BY THE PINS AND THE CAP TILTED ABOUT A DIAMETRICAL AXIS INTO SAID GUIDE SLOTS.