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A new and improved conveying system for lifting and orienting caps comprising a conveyor belt which is formed of articulated sections and with guide rollers to support the belt with an upper lifting section having an essentially vertical path of travel and a lower loading section with an angled path

A new and improved conveying system for lifting and orienting caps comprising a conveyor belt which is formed of articulated sections and with guide rollers to support the belt with an upper lifting section having an essentially vertical path of travel and a lower loading section with an angled path of travel. Also included are sprockets on the guide rollers to effect movement of the belt in an upward path of travel through the lower section and then the upper section. Further included is a plurality of cleats secured to the exterior surface of the conveyor belts. The cleats have supporting surfaces which extend at right angles from the exterior surface of the conveyor belt for retaining bottle caps thereon in a proper orientation when the upper surface of the cap is in contact with the conveyor belt and the lower edge thereof supported on the supporting surfaces of the cleats but to effect the dropping thereof when the caps are not in the proper orientation.

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A conveying system for lifting and orienting multi-diameter push-pull caps comprising: a conveyor belt formed of articulated sections and with guide rollers to support the belt with an upper section having an essentially vertical path of travel and a lower section with an angled path of travel; spro

A conveying system for lifting and orienting multi-diameter push-pull caps comprising: a conveyor belt formed of articulated sections and with guide rollers to support the belt with an upper section having an essentially vertical path of travel and a lower section with an angled path of travel; sprockets on the guide rollers to effect movement of the belt in a path of travel through the lower section and then the upper section; a plurality of cleats secured to the exterior surface of the conveyor belt, the cleats having supporting treads extending at right angles from the exterior surface of the conveyor belt for retaining push-pull caps thereon in a proper orientation when a nose of the push-pull cap is in contact with the conveyor belt and a plurality of cylindrical edges of the push-pull cap is supported on the supporting treads of the cleats but to effect the dropping thereof when the push-pull caps are not in the proper orientation; a supplemental sprocket in contact with the interior face of the conveyor belt in the lower extent of the upper section to form an outwardly directed bow in the belt and effect the removal, by gravity, of push-pull caps not in the proper orientation; and adjustment means to vary the extent of the bow as a function of the particular bottle cap being conveyed.