US3905178A - Automatic container capping and dispensing device - Google Patents
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
- B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
- B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
- B65B43/44—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation from supply magazines
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- Such equipment has a number of disadvantages, not the least of which are cost, complexity and bulk, pre' cluding the use of such equipment for all but high volume situations where its cost, complexity and size are not parameters of impracticability.
- lid designs which are compatible with coin feeding, thus eliminating nested, thin-walled, low cost plastic and other lids from this form of automated dispensing.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel lid dispensing and container capping device which performs its dual function with but a single operating stroke.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel lid dispensing and container capping device which is optimally simple in construction, of optimally minimum dimensions, low in cost, rapid in operation and operable with low cost, thin-walled lids of plastic or the like.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a lid dispensing and container capping device having a tubular vertical magazine of stacked lids which utilizes a single short stroke vertical displacement of the entire magazine to effect dispensing of a lid and capping of a container therewithv
- a vertically extending tubular magazine is mounted for vertical reciprocation in a combined cam and bearing and holds a particularly stacked and/or nested container lids each disposed transversely of the magazine.
- a set of releasable leveling and dispensing detents selectively engaging the lowermost lid in the magazine, said detents being jointly disposed about the periphery of the lower end of the magazine with a set of clamping shoes of which engage the lids and cause them to seat on and cap a container at the lowermost reach of each reciprocation of the magazine.
- the leveling and dispensing detents and the lid clamping shoes are mounted on individual leaf spring members on the magazine and are timed to the reciprocations of the magazine by the combined cam and bearing to dispense one lid at a time and cap a container with that lid for each reciprocation of the magazine during a single downward stroke of said magazine.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevation in crosssection taken along line ll of FIG. 4 of a dispenser and capper of the present invention at or toward the uppermost position of a reciprocation of the magazine.
- FIG. 2 is a similar view to FIG. 1 representing a lower position of the magazine and an intermediate actuation of the leveling and dispensing detents and clamping shoes of the present invention just prior to the container capping operation;
- FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. I and 2 representing the lowermost or container capping position of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a top plan view of FIGS. 1, 2, and 3;
- FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a cam and bearing configuration of the invention.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-section taken along line 66 of FIG. 5.
- the dispenser and capper 10 of the present invention is shown as including a vertically disposed tubular magazine 12 of my suitable cross-sectional configuration (although specifically shown as having a circular cross-section) in which a plurality of lids 14 of a size co-extensive with the cross-section of the magazine 12 have been stacked in a nested configuration by way of a vertical loading slot 16 as is known in the art.
- Each of the lids 14 within have inverted U-shaped peripheral rims or flanges 14A with the outermost lip 14B thereof flared outwardly of the lid 14 into substantial juxaposition or immediate adjacency to the internal walls of the magazine 12.
- the fit of the lids 14 within the magazine 12 is such that they will feed downwardly therein in their stacked configuration by the action of gravity.
- the outwardly flared tip 148 of the lids 14 is designed to snap over the rolled top rim portion 18A of a drinking cup or container 18 which is positioned in a holder or retaining means 20 of any suitable configuration coaxially beneath the magazine 12 and lids l4.
- 'the carn22 includes bearing surfaces.
- the detents 24 are mounted on oneend of respective upstanding leaf spring follower arms 24A having a cam rise 24B and two adjacent dwells 24C and 24D at the opposite ends of the rise 24B adjacent the external pefour support studs or columns anchored in sockets orparts 22Ein the four corners of the cam means 22.1'
- I A port 28A isprovided in the plate 28 to permit themagazine-12 to pass there through.
- An annular bearing sleeve 32 is positioned in the 7 plate 28 coaxially with the port 28A and externally concentric with the magazine 12 to provide additional bearing support for the reciprocating magazine 12.
- clamping shoes 26 are mounted on upstanding leaf spring follower arms 26B'having arise 26C and dwell 26D adjacent the cam ring 22 at the lowermost ends of the said leaf springarms 26B.
- FIGS. 14 The general orientation of the said leaf spring follower arms 24A and 26B, the cam ring 22 and the mag azine 12 are shown in FIGS. 14 as having a common fixed point 27 at the upper end thereof by a means of common stirrup or keeper 27A mounted on the outer surface of the magazine 12 for each cooperating pair of detents 24 and clamping shoes 268 to work externally and internally, respectively, with the surface 22A an 228 of the cam 22.
- the holder 20 can be a turret, a fixed socket or any suitable form of cup holder for automated and high speed use as well as for intermittent of random dispensing of the lids l4 and the resulting capping of cups 18 or other containers;
- any suitable mechanism can be utilized to drive the tubular magazine 12 through its reciprocal strokes, including manual actuation.
- a motor M driving an eccentric E acting against a drive follower 128 on the magazine 12 can provide the reciprocation in conjunction with a return spring 12C all as. schematically shown.
- the holder 20 In a turret or other automated configuration of the cup holder 20, for example, the holder 20 would be synchronized with and/or trip the actuating mechanism of the tubular magazine 12 such that the stroke would take place as the cup 18 is brought in to itsfinal coaxial position with the magazine 12 and lids l4.
- the cam is shown as having lowermost internal dwell surfaces 22C immediately beneath the rise surface 22Bwhich ulticapper 10, an uncapped container 18 is moved beneath the magazine 12 in coaxial alignment therewith such that the cup rim or head 18A is indexed beneath the open portion of the rim 14A of the lowermostlid 14 in o the lid stack in the said magazine 12.
- the rise 26C on the follower arms 26B engages the upper internal rise surface 223 of the cam ring 22 and progressively forces theclamping shoes 26 into engagement with the rims 14A of the lids l4-such that'the arcuate slots 26A2 of the clamping and capping shoes 26 engage the flared lip 14Bfof one of the said lips and force same down and into the outer corner of the rim portion 14A on the next lowest lid and the arcuate lower edge portions 26A1 also engage the rim portion 14A of the latter.
- the inner surface of the magazine -12 beneath the clamping shoes 26 comprises a external periphery of the skirt portion or the like imposing a lateral constraint on the lowermost lid 14 to insure registry of the rim 14A with the rim 18A of the container 18.
- the back-stroke of the magazine 12 is commenced in this capping and dispensing cycle.
- the clamping shoes 26 retain their grip on the remaining lids in the clamping shoes through the position shown in FIG. 2 and until the levelling and dispensing detents 24 are returned to position beneath the lids 14 by the dwells 24D on their respective follower arms 24A engaging the outer periphery of the cam ring 22.
- the clamping shoes 26 release the lids 14 in the lid stack to drop by gravity onto the leveling and dispensing detents 24, thus positioning the now lowermost lid 14 in the lid stack for the next dispensing and capping stroke of the magazine 12.
- the clamping shoes 26 are fully released by the rises 26C on their respective follower arms 26B clearing or resting above the internal rise surface 22B of the cam ring 22.
- the holder 20 can be a turret, a fixed socket or any suitable form of cup holder for automated and high speed use as well as for intermittent or random dispensing of the lids 14 and the resultant capping of cups 18 or other containers.
- any suitable mechanism can be utilized to drive the tubular magazine 12 through its reciprocal strokes, including manual actuation.
- a motor M driving an eccentric E acting against a drive follower 128 on the magazine 12 can provide the reciprocation in conjunction with a return spring 12C, all as schematically shown.
- the holder 20 would be synchronized with and/or trip the actuatingmechanism of the tubular magazine 12 such that the stroke would take place as the cup 18 is brought in to its final coaxial position with the magazine 12 and lids-l4.
- the lowermost end 12A of the tubular magazine 12 extends downward to at least the lowermost extremity of the leveling and dispensing detents 24 such that the lowermost lid 14 and the rims 14A and 14B thereof are enclosed by the magazine 12 to an extent precluding lateral displacement of the lid 14 being dispensed therefrom and forced onto the rim 18A of the container 18.
- the present invention provides a versatile, positive acting; simple and reliable lid dispensing and container capping device which is particularly well adapted for high speed volume use but which is simple enough, and thus low enough in cost, for a wide variety of intermittent or sporadic modes of use.
- ln a-lid dispensing and container capping means the combination comprising:
- elongated tubular magazine means for holding a plurality of container lids in a substantially coaxial stack adjacent an open dispensing end of said magazine; annular bearing means mounting said magazine means for relative reciprocating movement of said magazine thereto within the inner periphery of said bearing means; said bearingmeans including cam means on the outer and inner periphery thereof; leveling and dispensing detent means mounted on .said magazine and extending inboard of said open dispensing end thereof to preclude said stack of said lids from dispensing in a first position of said magazine means relative to said bearingmeans;
- said detent means being constrained by said cam means to a position outboard of said magazine means in a second position of said magazine means relative to said bearing means; clamping means mounted on said magazine means adjacent said dispensing end thereof and extending through the periphery of said magazine and constrained by said cam means into selective engagement with a plurality of said lids in said stack;
- clamping means being out of engagement with said lids when said detent means is inboard of said magazine means and in engagement with said lids when said detent means is outboard of said magazine means;
- said detent means comprises a plurality of detents'spaced about the periphery of said magazine means, said detents being on' one end of respective first follower arms extendingtherefrom into proximity with the outer periphery of said bearing means;
- said clamping means comprises a plurality of clamping shoes, conformally shaped to said lids and spaced about the periphery of said magazine meansat corresponding peripheral positions with said detents, said clamping shoes being mounted on one end of respective second follower arms extending therefrom into proximity with the inner periphcry of said bearing means;
- said first and second follower arms comprising leaf springs having rise and dwell surfaces thereon engaging said cam means in response to reciprocating movement of said magazine means relative to said bearing means and having the other ends thereof fixed in a common mounting means on the outer periphery of said magazine means at each of said peripheral positions.
- Capping means for containers comprising;
- magazine means holding a plurality of container lids in a substantially, vertical stack with eachrsaid lid disposed substantially horizontally;
- annular bearing means having outer and inner peripheries mounting said magazine for reciprocation on its longitudinal axis toward and away from said holding means within the inner periphery of said bearing means;
- said lids and the mouth of said container having conformally shaped coacting rim structures to effect a force fit therebetweem'and lid retaining and release means cooperating with said I magazine means beneathsaid lowermost lid in said stack and clamping means selectively engageable with a plurality'of said lids to retain all but the lowermost of said lids in said magazine;
- said annular bearing means including spaced outer and inner cam means in registry at selected positions about said outer and inner peripheries of said bearing means; said detent .means and clamping .means' being mounted, respectively, on first and second. leaf spring follower anns cantilevered at common mounting points for each cooperating pair of detent and clamping means corresponding to said selectedpositionsof said spaced outer and innercam means; and i said first and second leaf spring follower arms included ing rise and dwell surfaces sequentially engaging said outer and inner cam means, respectively, on
- said annular bearing means during reciprocation of said magazine means.
- said bearing means further includes bearing surfaces intermediate said internal cam'means engaging the outer periphery of saidmagazine means.
- said magazine means includes a dependent portion extending below said lid retaining and release means and enshrouding the mouth of said container to laterally constrain said lid means independently of said lid retaining and release means when said lowermost lid isapplied tosaid container.
- clamping means comprises .arcuate shoes' having a lower edge portion'for engaging the outer rim portion ofthe next lowermost lid in said stack and a conformal recess for receiving the outer periphery of the rim portion of the third lowermost lid in said stack for each re-.
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Owner name: LILY-TULIP, INC., A CORP. OF DE Free format text: MERGER;ASSIGNOR:SWEETHEART HOLDING CORP.;REEL/FRAME:005284/0457 Effective date: 19861231 Owner name: FORT HOWARD CUP CORPORATION Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:LILY-TULIP, INC.;REEL/FRAME:005300/0320 Effective date: 19861231 Owner name: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, AS COLLATERAL AGENT Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:FORT HOWARD CUP CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005287/0404 Effective date: 19891114 Owner name: MARYLAND CUP CORPORATION Free format text: MERGER;ASSIGNOR:MARYLAND CUP CORPORATION, A CORP. OF MD (MERGED INTO) MC ACQUISITION CORP., A CORP.OF MD (CHANGED TO);REEL/FRAME:005284/0423 Effective date: 19830831 Owner name: SWEETHEART HOLDING CORP. Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:MARYLAND CUP CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005284/0418 Effective date: 19841231 |
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