Apparatus for orienting lids

摘要

An apparatus (1) for orienting lids (2) each comprising a plate (3) and a peripheral edge (4) standing away therefrom comprises: (1) a first conveyor belt (5) for supplying a disordered mass of lids; (2) a second conveyor belt (7) connecting thereon at the end thereof and inclining upward at an acute angle of between about 20 DEG and 80 DEG , preferably between about 40 DEG and 50 DEG , behind the active part of which are placed attracting means which exert a sufficiently great attractive force on the plate to cause a lid to be carried along by the second conveyor belt (7) but which exert an attractive force on the peripheral edge insufficiently great to cause a lid to be carried along by the second conveyor belt; and (3) discharge means for removing from the second conveyor belt and further transporting the lids all with the same orientation. <MATH>