Patent ID: 7401446

Claim:
A belt-wheel capping system, comprising: a capping station for applying screw-caps to bottles; a conveyor for ushering bottles along in a continuous supply and transporting the bottles to said capping station for screw capping; an inclined cap feeding chute for delivery of caps to said capping station for screw capping onto said bottles; and a capping head for receiving said bottles and said caps from said conveyor and said cap feeding chute, respectively, and for applying said caps onto said bottles, said capping head further comprising: a programmable logic controller (PLC) for controlling operation of said capping system; a capping head roller carriage enclosed within the capping head and comprising a four-walled enclosure defining at least one bay; a roller assembly comprising a motor and clutch engaged with a plurality of capping head rollers, the roller assembly disposed in the bay and adjustable within the four-walled enclosure for lateral and vertical adjustment of the capping head rollers within the capping station; and a pair of dual gripper belt cassettes disposed beneath the capping head rollers, each dual gripper belt cassette vertically adjustable and comprising two belts vertically separated by replaceable spacers that set vertical spacing between the two belts.