公开(公告)号：US20250122024A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：US18829470

申请日：2024-09-10

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Marwan Znbaqa

IPC: B65G47/08

Abstract: A cap feeder to supply caps for a bottle includes a cap track defining a cap pathway along which the caps move, one after another and a cap orientation detector arranged to be contacted by the caps as the caps move along the cap pathway. The cap orientation detector can be configured to detect when one cap of the caps is in a first orientation and is arranged to stop said one cap in the first orientation from continuing to move along the cap pathway. The cap can be ejected from the cap pathway. The cap orientation detector can be configured to permit one cap of the caps in a second orientation to continue to move along the cap pathway, past the cap orientation detector. In an example, the cap orientation detector is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation.