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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Demetris P. Young, Durham, NC (US);
George Raymond Abrams, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Joseph C. Moran, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Jeffrey P. Williams, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Demetris P. Young, Durham, NC (US);
George Raymond Abrams, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Joseph C. Moran, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Jeffrey P. Williams, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Parata Systems, L.L.C., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A device for singulating open-ended caps includes: a housing configured to retain a plurality of open-ended caps, the housing having an open lower end; an outer ring positioned below the housing; a drum fixed to and positioned within the outer ring to form a drum assembly, the drum including a hub having a substantially circular wall and a platform that extends radially outwardly from the wall to contact the outer ring, the hub and outer ring forming a circular gap therebetween, the platform being positioned below much of the gap and including a discontinuity; a mounting structure with an exit aperture fixed relative to the housing; and a rotary drive unit mounted to the drum that rotates the drum assembly about an axis of rotation.