US 11,952,161 B2
Apparatus, system and method for capping bat pipes
Jeffrey LeBlanc, East Greenwich, RI (US)
Assigned to Pre-Pack, Inc., Narragansett, RI (US)
Filed by Pre-Pack, Inc., Narragansett, RI (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/558,282.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/130,289, filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194637 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 7/28 (2006.01); A24F 1/28 (2006.01); A24F 5/10 (2006.01); A24F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 7/2821 (2013.01) [A24F 1/28 (2013.01); A24F 5/10 (2013.01); A24F 9/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for capping bat pipes have top open ends, comprising:
a cap rack having a frame, runners and a matrix of caps; the matrix of caps being alignable with and positioned over top open ends of bat pipes;
a press tool having a main body with a bottom surface:
a matrix of pegs and ribs on the bottom surface of the press tool; the matrix of pegs having a matrix configuration that is substantially the same as the matrix of caps; the ribs residing between the pegs;
whereby downward pressure of the press tool into the cap rack presses the matrix of caps into respective top open ends of the bat pipes;
whereby the ribs of the press tool separates the frame and runners of the cap rack from the matrix of caps, whereby the caps are freely and individually movable, thereby leaving the matrix of caps seated in respective top open ends of the bat pipes while allowing the frame and runners to be removed and discarded.