Machine for assembling two-piece overcaps

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A DISK DISTRIBUTING MECHANISM HAVING A PLURALITY OF DISCHARGE CHUTES SPACED LATERALLY ACROSS ITS LOWER PORTION, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING INDIVIDUAL DISKS FROM A SOURCE OF DISKS WHEREIN THE DISKS ARE IN HAPHAZARD ARRANGEMENT, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID INDIVIDUAL DISKS INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID DISK DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID INDIVIDUAL DISKS IN SAID DISK DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM ABOVE SAID DISCHARGE CHUTES AND INSURING SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF SAID DISKS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID DISK DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM MEANS TO INTERMITTENTLY CAUSE SAID DISKS TO BE DISPLACED FROM SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND TO CAUSE SAID INDIVIDUAL DISKS TO DROP DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID DISCHARGE CHUTES, CONVEYOR MEANS FOR MOVING A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR SHELLS BELOW THE LOWER ENDS OF SAZID DISCHARGE CHUTES TO LOCATE A TUBULAR SHELL IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LOWER END OF EACH OF SAID DISCHARGE CHUTES, MEANS IN EACH OF SAID DISCHARGE CHUTES TO RELEASE A DISK FROM SAID CHUTE WHEN A TUBULAR SHELL IS POSITIONED IN ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, WHEREBY EACH DISK RELEASED FROM SAID DISCHARGE CHUTES ENTERS A TUBULAR SHELL, AND MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID CONVEYORS MEANS REARWARDLY OF SAID DISTRIBUTION MEANS FOR SECURING EACH DISK TO THE SHELL IN WHICH IT IS SEATED.