Conveyor type container filling and sealing machine

Claim 1

IN A CONTAINER FILLING AND CAPPING MACHINE HAVING A ROTATABLE ENDLESS CONVEYOR CHAIN HAVING CONTAINER RECEIVING SOCKETS THEREIN, A CONTAINER DISPENSER, MEANS FOR DISPENSING FROM SAID DISPENSER ONE CONTAINER AT THE TIME AND DEPOSITING THE SAME IN THE SOCKETS OF SAID CONVEYOR CHAIN, A MATERIAL HOPPER, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY OPERATING A DISPENSING VALVE POSITIONED BENEATH SAID MATERIAL HOPPER TO CAUSE PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF THE MATERIAL FROM SAID HOPPER TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE CONTAINERS CARRIED BY SAID CONVEYOR CHAIN, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY ROTATING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN TO CONSECUTIVELY CARRY THE FILLED CONTAINERS INTO A CAP-RECEIVING POSITION, A CAP FEED MECHANISM, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY OPERATING THE SAME TO CAUSE A CAP TO BE DELIVERED ONTO A FILLED CONTAINER CARRIED BY THE CONVEYOR CHAIN, MEANS FOR HEAT SEALING THE CAP ONTO THE FILLED CONTAINER AND MEANS FOR DISCHARGING THE FILLED AND CAPPED CONTAINERS FROM THE CHAIN, WHEREIN SAID CONTAINER DISPENSER INCLUDES A MAGAZINE DISPOSED OVER SAID CONVEYOR CHAIN AND ADAPTED TO HOUSE A VERTICAL STACK OF NESTED CONTAINERS, AND SAID CONTAINER DISPENSING MEANS INCLUDE MECHANISM AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID MAGAZINE OPERABLE TO SEPARATE THE LOWERMOST CONTAINER FROM THE STACK AND ALLOW THE SAME TO DROP INTO A SOCKET OF SAID CONVEYOR CHAIN IN REGISTER WITH SAID STACK, A SPRING-PRESSED PLUNGER CONNECTED TO SAID MECHANISM FOR OPERATING THE SAME, SAID PLUNGER MOUNTED FOR ENGAGING THE SIDE OF SAID CONVEYOR CHAIN, THE LATTER HAVING SPACED NOTCHES IN THE SIDE THEREOF EACH ASSOCIATED WITH ONE SOCKET THEREOF AND IN THE PATH OF SAID PLUNGER TO BE ENGAGED THEREBY AND TO OPERATE THE SAME UPON A SOCKET OF SAID CONVEYOR CHAIN COMING INTO REGISTER WITH SAID CONTAINER STACK.