Method of capping

Claim 1

THE METHOD FOR CAPPING CONTAINERS WHEREIN EACH CONTAINER HAS A GENERALLY TUBULAR NECK FOR RECEIVING A CLOSURE UNIT HAVING A HOLLOW EXTERNALLY THREADED FERRULE PART AND A CAP PART THREADED TO SAID FERRULE TO FORM THE CLOSURE AT ONE END THEREOF, COMPRISING MOLDING ONE PART OF SAID UNIT IN A FIRST DIE WHICH FORMS ONE SURFACE WITH THREADS THEREON, REMOVING AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF THE DIE WHICH HAS FORMED THE THREADS, COATING THE THREADED SURFACE OF SAID ONE PART WITH A RELEASING AGENT, MOLDING THE REMAINING PART OF SAID UNIT ASSEMBLED TO SAID ONE PART BY UTILIZING SAID ONE PART AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF SAID FIRST DIE AS A DIE MEMBER IN COOPERATION WITH A COOPERATING DIE MEMBER, REMOVING SAID COOPERATING DIE MEMBER AND SAID FERRULE AND CAP UNIT FROM SAID FIRST DIE, AND FASTENING SAID FERRULE AND CAP UNIT TO A TUBE BY THE RELATIVE INSERTION OF THE NECK OF SAID TUBE INTO SAID FERRULE.