Rotary coupon placer

Claim 1

A ROTARY ARTICLE PLACING MACHINE COMPRISING A MAIN FRAME, AN ARTICLE HOPPER MOUNTED ON SAID MAIN FRAME, BIAS MEANS URGING SAID ARTICLES IN SAID HOPPER TOWARDS A FIRST END THEREOF, A SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, A SPIDER DRIVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR PLANET SHAFTS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SPIDER ABOUT SEPARATE AXES SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID SPIDER, SAID PLANET SHAFTS ALL BEING SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM THE AXIS OF SAID SPIDER THE SAME AMOUNT, A SEPARATE SUCTION CUP ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID PLANET SHAFTS, SAID SUCTION CUP ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A TUBULAR MEMBER OPEN TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID PLANET SHAFTS AND A SUCTION CUP POSITIONED AT THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID PLANET SHAFTS WITH RESPECT TO SAID SPIDER WHENEVER THE SPIDER IS ROTATED ABOUT ITS AXIS, INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF FIRST SPROCKETS MOUNTED COAXIAL WITH SAID MAIN SHAFT, AND HELD STATIONARY ON SAID MAIN FRAME, THE NUMBER OF SAID FIRST SPROCKETS CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF PLANET SHAFTS ON SAID MACHINE, A SEPARATE SECOND SPROCKET DRIVSPROCKETS EACH BEING ALIGNED WITH ONE OF SAID FIRST SPROCKETS, AND A SEPARATE CHAIN DRIVABLY CONNECTING EACH OF THE FIRST SPROCKETS TO ITS ALIGNING SECOND SPROCKET, A SEPARATE CONDUIT CONNECTED TO THE INTERIOR OF EACH OF SAID PLANET SHAFTS, A ROTARY VACUUM VALVE COMPRISING A ROTATING MEMBER MOUNTED ON AND ROTATING WITH SAID MAIN SHAFT, SAID CONDUITS EACH BEING OPEN TO SEPARATE PROVIDED PORTS IN SAID ROTARY MEMBER, SAID VALVE FURTHER INCLUDING A STATIONARY MEMBER MOUNTED COAXIALLY WITH SAID ROTATING MEMBER AND HELD FROM ROTATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID