Patent ID: 7364031

Claim:
An apparatus for collecting a multiplicity of like circular articles having a generally flat cross section, such as lids, the apparatus comprising: a pair of rotating spin bars generally equal in length, mounted parallel to each other, and angled downwardly from an article entry end thereof to an article discharge end thereof, a first one of said pair of rotating spin bars being rotated at a first selected speed, a second one of said pair of rotating spin bars having an article entry section being rotated at said first selected speed of said first one of said pair of rotating spin bars and having a longer article discharge section being rotated at a second selected speed that is different from said first selected speed of both said first one of said pair of rotating spin bars and said article entry section of said second one of said pair of rotating spin bars; and means for sequentially conveying said multiplicity of circular articles onto the pair of rotating spin bars, said circular articles being conveyed onto the pair of rotating spin bars in vertical on-edge orientation.