Apparatus for directing applicator and other cap extensions into containers

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING THE EXTENSIONS OF CLOSURE CAPS INTO THE MOUTHS OF SMALL-MOUTH CONTAINERS TRAVELING ON A CONVEYOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST ONE ENDLESS MEANS INCLUDING THEREON SPACED PLACEMENT MEANS WHICH INCLUDE CLOSURE CAP EXTENSION GUIDE PORTIONS IN THE GENERAL FORM OF CO-PLANAR COOPERATING JAWS HAVING ABUTTING END PORTIONS EACH HAVING A SEMI-CIRCULAR INNER FACE PORTION; MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ENDLESS MEANS SO THAT AT LEAST SOME OF SAID PLACEMENT MEANS PERIODICALLY TRAVEL IN SYNCHRONOUS ALIGNED RELATION WITH THE MOUTHS OF SPACED CONTAINERS ON THE CONVEYOR; MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CAP EXTENSION GUIDE PORTIONS OF SAID ALIGNED PLACEMENT MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY CREATING WITH THE SEMI-CIRCULAR INNER FACE PORTIONS OF THE ABUTTING END PORTIONS OF THE JAWS THEREOF, ENCIRCLING JAWS INCLUDING AN APERTURE WHICH ENGAGE THE CAP EXTENSIONS AT THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE CLOSURE CAPS AND HOLD THE ENGAGED PORTION THEREOF IN ALIGNED RELATION WITH THE MOUTHS OF THE CONTAINERS; MEANS FORMING A PART OF SAID PLACEMENT MEANS FOR SUSPENDING CLOSURE CAPS AND THEIR EXTENSIONS IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE MOUTHS OF SAID CONTAINERS; AND ADDITIONAL MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID CAPS TO SAID SUSPENSION MEANS AND GUIDING THEM IN THE PATH THEREOF FOR SUSPENSION ENGAGEMENT THEREBY; SAID SUSPENDING MEANS MOVING VERTICALLY RELATIVE TO SAID ENCIRCLING JAWS TO DRAW SAID EXTENSIONS THROUGH SAID APERTURES TO ALIGN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID EXTENSIONS WITH SAID CONTAINER MOUTHS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING THE EXTENSIONS OF CLOSURE CAPS INTO THE MOUTHS OF SMALL-MOUTH CONTAINERS TRAVELING ON A CONVEYOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST ONE ENDLESS MEANS INCLUDING THEREON SPACED PLACEMENT MEANS WHICH INCLUDE CLOSURE CAP EXTENSION GUIDE PORTIONS IN THE GENERAL FORM OF CO-PLANAR COOPERATING JAWS HAVING ABUTTING END PORTIONS EACH HAVING A SEMI-CIRCULAR INNER FACE PORTION; MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ENDLESS MEANS SO THAT AT LEAST SOME OF SAID PLACEMENT MEANS PERIODICALLY TRAVEL IN SYNCHRONOUS ALIGNED RELATION WITH THE MOUTHS OF SPACED CONTAINERS ON THE CONVEYOR; MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CAP EXTENSION GUIDE PORTIONS OF SAID ALIGNED PLACEMENT MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY CREATING WITH THE SEMI-CIRCULAR INNER FACE PORTIONS OF THE ABUTTING END PORTIONS OF THE JAWS THEREOF, ENCIRCLING JAWS INCLUDING AN APERTURE WHICH ENGAGE THE CAP EXTENSIONS AT THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE CLOSURE CAPS AND HOLD THE ENGAGED PORTION THEREOF IN ALIGNED RELATION WITH THE MOUTHS OF THE CONTAINERS; MEANS FORMING A PART OF SAID PLACEMENT MEANS FOR SUSPENDING CLOSURE CAPS AND THEIR EXTENSIONS IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE MOUTHS OF SAID CONTAINERS; AND ADDITIONAL MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID CAPS TO SAID SUSPENSION MEANS AND GUIDING THEM IN THE PATH THEREOF FOR SUSPENSION ENGAGEMENT THEREBY; SAID SUSPENDING MEANS MOVING VERTICALLY RELATIVE TO SAID ENCIRCLING JAWS TO DRAW SAID EXTENSIONS THROUGH SAID APERTURES TO ALIGN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID EXTENSIONS WITH SAID CONTAINER MOUTHS.