Apparat til fremføring og orientering af medicinske kapsler

Randomly oriented medicinal capsules are processed to a uniform cap-forward orientation at high handling rates. The capsules are conveyed endwise in a series of deep conveyor cavities, each with an upper portion to loosely contain the capsule, with shoulders at the bottom of such portion defining a rectification slot of a width to pass a capsule body but retain its cap, and deep enough below the shoulders to substantially contain the body of an upstanding capsule supported at its cap edge by the shoulders. The conveyor slopes upward and is centrally slotted to straddle a thin cam rail which supports capsules lengthwise in the upper portions of the cavities.