Apparatus for dispensing, filling and capping a plurality of cups

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, The apparatus herein described is operative to dispense lines and rows of cups into a plurality of spaced receptacles of a tray, whereupon the tray is moved under successive portions of the apparatus or stations in order to add ice fill and cup, each of the cups in an efficient and regular sequence. The cup dispenser includes opposed recessed stripper bars to selectively strip off the lowermost cup in a stack upon operation of an associated slide mechanism. The ice dispenser includes variable volume chambers to permit a predetermined amount of ice to fall into each of the cups. The capper includes inclined chutes presenting a row of caps which catch on the rims …