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An apparatus is provided for performing certain manufacturing operations on a container such as forming a beaded rim around the upper open end of the container. The apparatus includes mechanism for dispensing rimless containers into container-receiving receptacles which are mounted on a rotatable tu

An apparatus is provided for performing certain manufacturing operations on a container such as forming a beaded rim around the upper open end of the container. The apparatus includes mechanism for dispensing rimless containers into container-receiving receptacles which are mounted on a rotatable turret which moves the containers from one station to another station of the apparatus. Gripping means is provided to retain the containers within the receptacles and bead-forming means is also provided and is operable to form a bead on the upper disposed edge of the container. Ejection means is also provided for ejecting a finished container from a receptacle.

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Apparatus for dispensing tapered containers, said apparatus including: support means; a plurlity of pairs of jaws movably carried by said support means with each said pair of jaws forming a respective container receiving opening and one said pair of jaws being positioned above and spaced apart from

Apparatus for dispensing tapered containers, said apparatus including: support means; a plurlity of pairs of jaws movably carried by said support means with each said pair of jaws forming a respective container receiving opening and one said pair of jaws being positioned above and spaced apart from another said pair of jaws, the jaws in each pair being relatively movable between an open position and a closed position and the jaws of one pair of jaws being movable independently of the jaws of another pair of jaws; first means positioned adjacent to and above said jaws and adapted for storing a plurality of containers; second means operably associated with said jaws and operable for effecting the movement of said jaws; third means positioned below said lower disposed pair of jaws and having a portion thereof adapted for engagement with a side wall between a top edge and a bottom edge of one of said containers for selectively urging downward movement of said container; and power means operably associated with said third means and operable for driving said third means to selectively urge a container engaged by said third means downwardly when the jaws of said lower disposed pair of jaws are in the the open position, and, alternately, for stopping said third means to selectively prevent the urging of a container engaged by said third means downwardly when the jaws of said lower disposed pair of jaws are in the closed position.