Apparatus for delivering closure caps and assembling valves in said closure caps

Claim 1

IN MEANS FOR DELIVERING CLOSURE CAPS TO ARTICLES, A CHUTE HAVING A CLOSURE CAP RECEIVING END AND A CLOSURE CAP DISCHARGE END, A PAIR OF LEVERS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT THE UPPER ENDS ON AXES PARALLEL TO THE CLOSURE CAP DISCHARGE END OF THE CHUTE AND NORMALLY POSITIONED PERPENDICULARLY TO THE HORIZONTAL AXIS OF SAID DISCHARGE END OF THE CHUTE AND EACH LEVER HAVING A PORTION EXTENDED FROM THE LOWER END THEREOF TOWARD EACH OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE DISCHARGE END OF THE CHUTE WITH THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID PORTIONS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT THE FOREMOST CLOSURE CAP AS IT LEAVES THE DISCHARGE END OF THE CHUTE, A PAIR OF RESILIENT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE DISCHARGE END OF THE CHUTE AND EXTENDED OVER THE CLOSURE CAP SUPPORTING PORTIONS TO YIELDINGLY RETAIN SAID FOREMOST CLOSURE CAP ON SAID CLOSURE CAP SUPPORTING PORTIONS, MEANS TO TRANSPORT AND SUCCESSIVELY POSITION ARTICLES BETWEEN THE EXTREMITIES OF THE CLOSURE CAP SUPPORTING PORTIONS, AND MEANS TO LIFT AN ARTICLE PAST THE CLOSURE CAP SUPPORTING PORTIONS AND INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FOREMOST CLOSURE CAP, AND THE TRANSPORTING MEANS REMOVING THE FOREMOST CLOSURE CAP WITH THE ENGAGED ARTICLES FROM THE CHUTE.