Patent ID: 6036627
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
Machine for ejecting, reversing and positioning a hygienic cap inside a container, which comprises:means for carrying a stack of hygienic caps (3), including a fixed internal cylinder (2) having a slightly cone-shaped lower end (4), said cylinder (2) exerting a slight pressure on a rim (5) of a lowermost cap in the stack to be ejected and a tab (8) slidably extending in a slot in said cylinder to engage said rim to eject the lowermost cap in said stack from said internal cylinder,means for moving said tab to eject the lowermost cap including an external movable cylinder (1) on which said tab is secured;means for reversing (17) the lowermost cap during its ejection (18), causing the cap to rotate by 180.degree. and fall by gravity into a cup (19) placed therebelow;means for lowering the external cylinder (1) by pressure of an activation mechanism against opposition of a return spring (10), such that after a downward stroke of the internal cylinder, the external cylinder (1) is returned to its initial upper position by the return spring (10);means to exert pressure on the external cylinder (1) in the direction of its downward stroke, andmeans to halt the exertion of pressure on the external cylinder when the cup (19) is completely lined with the hygienic cap.