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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1985
Frank M Kelly, Richmond, IN (US);
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A screwcapping machine for screwing a screw closure onto a prethreaded container. The screwcapping machine includes a housing fixed to a stationary support shaft and has a pair of drive motors for independently rotating the turret and the spindles about their own axis. The housing also has a cam which is traversed by a cam follower attached to each spindle which causes the respective spindle to reciprocate. The screwcapping machine further includes a positioning means for selectively orienting the screw closure relative to one of the screwcapping heads when the respective spindle is in a predetermined position and control means for actuating the screwcapping heads to enable the head to grasp the screw closure and tighten it onto the container.