Patent ID: 8096099

Claim:
A torque head assembly for capping of a cap base to a container comprising: a drive mount and a driver housing, said drive mount having a pivot point serving as a fulcrum for said driver housing and a drive shaft responsive to a drive mechanism, said drive shaft being operative to rotate a drive roller and a drive gear, said drive gear being adapted to power a plurality of train gears within said driver housing, said train gears being operative to rotate a driven roller and a driven gear, wherein said plurality of train gears includes a first proximal train gear, a second intermediary train gear, and a third distal train gear each aligned in a common horizontal plane and said first proximal train gear is stationary and centered about said pivot point, and an actuator operable to cause an approach of said driver housing to said cap base in a generally horizontal plane at least partially co-planar with said cap base and to allow the drive roller and driven roller to contact an outer periphery of said cap base and rotate said cap base into threaded engagement with said container.