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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Gilbert E. Paradies, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Crown Simplimatic Incorporated, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A loading mechanism is disclosed for loading bottles (,) onto a turret (,) and includes a screw (,), a linear conveyor (,), a pair of star wheels (,and,), and a drive. The assembly is characterized by a groove in the screw (,) having a cross section with a narrow throat (,) for engaging a neck (,) of the bottle (,) and a larger portion (,) above the throat (,) for establishing a space about the neck (,) of the bottle (,) spaced therein by the narrow throat (,). A pair of opposing lips (,) are spaced apart to define the throat (,) and a pair of spaced side walls (,) extend into the screw (,) from the lips (,) to a bottom wall (,), which remain out of contact with the neck (,) of the bottles (,).