Apparatus for lining container closures

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR LINING CONTAINER CLOSURES, A MACHINE FRAME HAVING A TOP PORTION PROVIDING A FLAT SUPPORTING SURFACE, MEANS FOR FEEDING CAP TYPE CLOSURES ALONG SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, DOWNWARDLY ACTING YIELDABLE RESTRAINING MEANS INCLUDING A PLATE EXTENDING OVER SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE IN SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT THERETO AND MEANS TO HINGEDLY MOUNT SAID PLATE ALONG ONE EDGE THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO SAID MACHINE FRAME, THEREBY ENABLING SAID RESTRAINING ACTION TO BE EXERTED BY THE POSITION OF SAID PLATE MOVABLE ABOUT SAID HINGE, ADJUSTABLE MEANS TO VARY AND SET THE SPACED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAID PLATE AND SAID SUPORTING SURFACE, SAID PLATE OVELYING SAID SURFACE FOR HOLDING EACH CLOSURE INDEPENDENTLY AGAINST SAID SURFACE AS THE CLOSURE IS FED ALONG BY SAID FEEDING MEANS, A CIRCULAR VACUUM CHUCK MEMBER SEATED IN AN OPENING IN SAID TOP PORTION AND HAVING A CHUCKING SURFACE GENERALLY FORMING A CONTINUATION OF SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE IN ONE POSITION OF SAID CHUCK, SAID CHUCK BEING FORMED WITH AN OPENING THERETHROUGH FOR THE DRAWING OF A VACUUM AGAINST A CLOSURE SURFACE, SAID PLATE EXTENDING TO A POSITION CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID CHUCKING SURFACE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID POSITION AND THE CENTER OF SAID CHUCKING SURFACE BEING SUCH THAT THE CLOSURE IS INDEPENDENTLY YIELDABLY URGED AGAINST SAID CHUCKING SURFACE BY SAID PLATE, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID CHUCK FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS CENTER AND FOR RECIPROCATION BETWEEN A POSITION ABOVE SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE AND A POSITION WHERE SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE AND CHUCKING SURFACE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED.