Apparatus for detecting improperly lidded cans

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND REJECTING IMPROPERLY LIDDED CANS IN A SERIES OF CANS EACH OF WHICH INCLUDES A CYLINDRICAL CAN BODY PROVIDED AT ONE END WITH A LID HAVING A RIM PROJECTING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE CAN BODY, THE COMBINATION OF: (A) TRACK MEANS ALONG WHICH THE CANS ARE ROLLABLE IN SEQUENCE; (B) SAID TRACK MEANS INCLUDING A STATIONARY TRACK ROLLABLY ENGAGEABLE BY THE BODY OF EACH CAN IN AN ANNULAR ZONE ADJACENT THE LID THEREON; (C) MEANS FOR GUIDING CAN ALONG SAID TRACK MEANS IN SEQUENCE WITH THE BODY OF EACH CAN IN ROLLING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TRACK IN AN ANNULAR ZONE ADJACENT THE LID THEREON; (D) MOVABLE DETECTOR MEANS PARALLELING SAID TRACK, LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID TRACK MEANS, AND ENGAGEABLE AND DISPLACEABLE BY THE LID RIM OF AN IMPROPERLY LIDDED CAN; AND (E) MEANS ACTUABLE BY SAID DETECTOR MEANS FOR REMOVING FROM SAID TRACK MEANS ANY CAN THE LID RIMS OF WHICH ENGAGE AND DISPLACE SAID DETECTOR MEANS.