Patent ID: 7040075

Claim:
A cap chute end subassembly for capping a plurality of in-line containers in an ambient atmosphere, comprising: a fluid manifold having a plurality of first manifold apertures for injecting a first non-oxygen bearing fluid into said plurality of containers; a fluid shoe operatively adjacent said fluid manifold; said fluid shoe having a plurality of shoe apertures for dispensing a second non-oxygen bearing fluid into a plurality of caps and the plurality of containers; wherein said plurality of shoe apertures comprise: a plurality of first shoe apertures that inject said second fluid into said containers; and a second shoe aperture that injects said second fluid into said caps following the injection of said second fluid into said containers a frame that supports said fluid shoe, said frame being configured to receive the plurality of caps at a receiving end of said frame; a wiper supported at a dispensing end of said frame; and a pair of arms operatively adjacent said fluid shoe, said pair of arms being configured to position at least one of the caps for receipt by at least one of the containers and to orient said at least one of the caps to the at least one of the containers.