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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Sidel Engineering & Conveying Solutions, Reichstett, FR;
Daniel Spiesser, Reichstett, FR;
SIDEL ENGINEERING & CONVEYING SOLUTIONS, Reichstett, FR;
Abstract
A device for providing sorted closure elements in the form of crown caps, having a space for bulk storage of the caps, a lifting conveyor in the form of a belt entering the space and including, on an outer face, a plurality of cleats oriented transversely and spaced in order to define a recess between a lower cleat and an upper cleat, wherein each recess collects a plurality of the caps as the recess passes through the storage space and is capable of sorting unbalanced caps present inside the recess. The lower edge of the upper cleat has a convex section opposite the belt. The sorting of the unbalanced caps is configured to cooperate with the movement of the lifting conveyor to cause the incorrectly oriented caps to fall.