Henry A Roach

US Patent:

45719209, Feb 25, 1986

Filed:

Nov 29, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/556156

Inventors:

Henry P. Roach - Reseda CA
Jeffrey W. Gunn - Thousand Oaks CA

Assignee:

APV Burnett & Rolfe, Inc. - Chatsworth CA

International Classification:

B65B 728

US Classification:

53300

Abstract:

A keg capping machine primarily for use with beer kegs having protruding neck portions upon which flexible plastic caps are to be fitted. The machine has a capping head attached to the lower end of an inclined cap chute which is attached on its upper end to a cap storing hopper. The capping head has horizontal flanges on its bottom edge which serve as stops and guideways for caps sliding down the chute. The neck of a keg which is carried along a conveyor moves between the guideways and engages the lower portion of a cap forcing it through the capping head. A cap driving rocker within the capping head is employed to force the cap down tightly onto the neck of the keg.