US Patent Issued to FOGG FILLER on April 21 for "Capping chuck assembly for a filler, a capper and a filler having a capping chuck assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,428, issued on April 21, was assigned to FOGG FILLER COMPANY LLC (Holland, Mich.).

"Capping chuck assembly for a filler, a capper and a filler having a capping chuck assembly" was invented by Kenneth Kreuze (Holland, Mich.) and Larry Rillema (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capping apparatus includes a capping chuck assembly having (i) one or more peripheral ejector projections to facilitate ejection of an upside down cap and/or (ii) a single collet style cap gripper with an adjustment assembly to facilitate handling of different cap sizes."

The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2024, under Application No. 18/423,916.

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