Machine for in-place molding of cap gaskets

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR IN-PLACE MOLDING OF CAP LINERS COMPRISING A LINER CURING TURRET MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON A VERTICALLY DISPOSED AXIS, SAID TURRET HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED CLAMP ASSEMBLIES FOR RECEIVING CAPS WHICH HAVE A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF THERMAL CURABLE FLUID PLASTIC DEPOSITED THEREIN AND MEANS FOR FEEDING THE CAPS TO SUCCESSIVE CLAMP ASSEMBLIES AS THE TURRET ROTATES ABOUT ITS AXIS, EACH OF SAID CLAM ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING AN UPPER AND A LOWER CLAMPING MEMBER, THE UPPER CLAMPING MEMBERS BEING MOUNTED IN FIXED POSITION ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE TURRET, THE TURRET HAVING IN ITS LOWER PORTION VERTICALLY DISPOSED PERIPHERALLY SPACED BORES EACH COMMUNICATING AT THE LOWER END WITH A CLOSED LOWER CHAMBER AND THE LOWER CLAMPING MEMBER OF EACH OF SAID CLAMP ASSEMBLIES BEING CARRIED ON A SUPPORT MEMBER MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT IN ONE OF SAID BORES WITH ASSOCIATED OPERATING MEANS SO AS TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE CLAMPING MEMBERS FOR RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING THE CAPS, THE UPPER CLAPING MEMBER OF EACH OF SAD CLAMP ASSEMBLIES BEING IN THE FORM OF A DIE DIMENSIONED FOR SNUG RECEPTION IN THE CAP SKIRT TO SHAPE THE CAP CONTAINED PLASTIC INTO A LINER DISC FORMED ON THE CAP BOTTOM AND SKIRT WHEN THE CLAMPING MEMBERS ARE CLOSED, THE LOWER CLAMPING MEMBER BEING THEN CO-OPERABLE WITH THE DIE FORMING UPPER CLAMPING MEMBER IN CLAMPING ALINGED CAPS TO THE TURRET FOR LINER CURING, BURNERS DISPOSED ABOUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE TURRET FOR DIRECTING HEAT ONTO THE CLAMPING MEMBERS SO AS TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY CURE THE LINER, AND MEANS FOR CIRCULATING A LUBRICANT THROUGH THE BORES IN WHICH THE SUPPORT MEMBERS FOR THE LOWER CLAMPING MEMBERS ARE MOUNTED.