According to the present disclosure, an article feeding device that reliably and consistently outputs properly oriented articles includes an input configured to receive articles, an output configured to dispense properly oriented articles, an orientation alteration portion between the input and output, and an orientation control system. The orientation alteration portion includes a first track configured to allow properly oriented articles to pass therethrough without alteration and a second track configured to alter the orientation of improperly oriented articles. The orientation control system is configured to detect orientation of the articles at the input and to send the articles to either the first track or the second track depending upon the detected orientation.

A re-stacker assembly used to stack container closures that are output by a can liner system includes at least one offloading assembly having a receiving portion, at least one loading device coupled to the offloading assembly, and a motion control system for detecting motion of the container closures and, in response to detecting such motion, driving the loading device to stack, or re-stack, the container closures in a predetermined manner.

Bottle caps are oriented and delivered in the proper orientation to a bottle capping machine by an apparatus having a rotating disk and radially extending tabs coupled to the disk such that the disks and radially extending tabs cooperate to carry properly oriented caps through a sort zone to an ejector. Improperly oriented caps fall from the disk without reaching the ejector.

A re-stacker assembly used to stack container closures that are output by a can liner system includes at least one offloading assembly having a receiving portion, at least one loading device coupled to the offloading assembly, and a motion control system for detecting motion of the container closures and, in response to detecting such motion, driving the loading device to stack, or re-stack, the container closures in a predetermined manner.

A device for recruiting and loading a plurality of caps for closing containers of biological material, includes a cap container arranged to contain in bulk the plurality of caps; a cap recruitment system arranged to convey the caps collected within the cap container, along a predetermined direction; a channel device arranged to receive the caps conveyed by the recruitment system and direct the caps downstream of the channel device; and a slide arranged to shift the caps from the channel device towards a pick up position wherein the caps can be respectively picked up for application on a respective container without a cap positioned at a working point.

A transferring unit for transferring caps (82) comprising: a magazine (29); a housing device (7), (8) comprising a first supporting element (31), a first receiving element of a first typology (32) and one of a second typology (33); a movement device (30) comprising a second supporting element (36); a second receiving element of a first typology (37) and one of a second typology (39); a transferring device (10) comprising a movable arm (41). The transferring unit (2) is switchable between a working configuration, in which the transferring device (10) picks up the caps (82) from the first receiving element and positions them on the second receiving element, and a format change-over configuration, in which the movable arm (41) swaps over the first receiving elements, and swaps over the second receiving elements.

A device for providing sorted closure elements in the form of crown caps, having a space for bulk storage of the caps, a lifting conveyor in the form of a belt entering the space and including, on an outer face, a plurality of cleats oriented transversely and spaced in order to define a recess between a lower cleat and an upper cleat, wherein each recess collects a plurality of the caps as the recess passes through the storage space and is capable of sorting unbalanced caps present inside the recess. The lower edge of the upper cleat has a convex section opposite the belt. The sorting of the unbalanced caps is configured to cooperate with the movement of the lifting conveyor to cause the incorrectly oriented caps to fall.

A re-stacker assembly used to stack container closures that are output by a can liner system includes at least one offloading assembly having a receiving portion, at least one loading device coupled to the offloading assembly, and a motion control system for detecting motion of the container closures and, in response to detecting such motion, driving the loading device to stack, or re-stack, the container closures in a predetermined manner.