B | SK | SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING |
B67 | KL | OPENING OR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING (nozzles in general B05B; packaging liquids B65B, e.g. B65B 3/00; pumps in general F04; siphons F04F 10/00; valves F16K; handling liquefied gases F17C) |
B67B | UKL | APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES, JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS (opening or closing devices attached to, or incorporated in, containers or container closures B65D) |
B67B 1/00 | HGR | Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per seB65D 39/00) |
B67B 1/03 | UGR1 | . | Pretreatment of stoppers, e.g. cleaning, steaming, heating, impregnating or coating; Applying resilient rings to stoppers (mechanical working of cork B27J 5/00) [5] |
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B67B 1/04 | UGR1 | . | by inserting threadless stoppers, e.g. corks |
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B67B 1/06 | UGR1 | . | by inserting and rotating screw stoppers |
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B67B 1/08 | UGR1 | . | Securing stoppers, e.g. swing stoppers, which are held in position by associated pressure-applying means coacting with the bottle neck |
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B67B 1/10 | UGR1 | . | by inserting disc closures [6] |
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B67B 3/00 | HGR | Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying caps (caps per seB65D 41/00) |
B67B 3/02 | UGR1 | . | by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges |
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B67B 3/04 | UGR2 | . . | Cutting caps from strip material in capping machines (devices for registering moving strip material B65H 23/00) |
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B67B 3/06 | UGR2 | . . | Feeding caps to capping heads |
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B67B 3/062 | UGR3 | |
B67B 3/064 | UGR3 | |
B67B 3/10 | UGR2 | . . | Capping heads for securing caps |
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B67B 3/12 | UGR3 | . . . | characterised by being movable axially relative to cap to deform flanges thereof, e.g. to press projecting flange rims inwardly |
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B67B 3/14 | UGR3 | . . . | characterised by having movable elements, e.g. hinged fingers, for applying radial pressure to the flange of the cap (B67B 3/16, B67B 3/18 take precedence) [5] |
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B67B 3/16 | UGR3 | . . . | characterised by having resilient deforming elements, e.g. resilient sleeves or collars (B67B 3/18 takes precedence) [5] |
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B67B 3/18 | UGR3 | . . . | characterised by being rotatable, e.g. for forming screw threads in situ [5] |
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B67B 3/20 | UGR1 | . | by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps (forming threads in situ by resilient deforming means B67B 3/16, by rotary capping heads B67B 3/18) [5] |
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B67B 3/22 | UGR1 | . | by applying snap-on caps |
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B67B 3/24 | UGR1 | . | Special measures for applying and securing caps under vacuum |
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B67B 3/26 | UGR1 | . | Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery |
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B67B 3/28 | UGR1 | . | Mechanisms for causing relative movement between bottle or jar and capping head [5] |
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B67B 5/00 | HGR | Applying protective or decorative covers to closures; Devices for securing bottle closures with wire (infant-feeding teats with means for fastening to bottles A61J 11/04) [6] |
B67B 5/03 | UGR1 | . | Applying protective or decorative covers to closures, e.g. by forming in situ [3] |
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B67B 5/05 | UGR2 | . . | by applying liquids, e.g. by dipping [3] |
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B67B 5/06 | UGR1 | . | Devices for securing bottle closures with wire (B67B 1/08 takes precedence) |
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B67B 7/00 | HGR | Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers (nail pullers or extractors B25C 11/00; attached to, or incorporated in, containers or container closures B65D) |
B67B 7/02 | UGR1 | |
B67B 7/04 | UGR2 | |
B67B 7/06 | UGR2 | |
B67B 7/08 | UGR3 | . . . | using air or gas pressure |
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B67B 7/10 | UGR2 | . . | with means for retrieving stoppers from the interior of the container |
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B67B 7/12 | UGR1 | . | for removing disc-closures |
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B67B 7/14 | UGR1 | . | for removing tightly-fitting lids or covers, e.g. of shoe-polish tins, by gripping and rotating |
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B67B 7/15 | UGR2 | . . | finger grapple type [5] |
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B67B 7/16 | UGR1 | . | for removing flanged caps, e.g. crown caps |
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B67B 7/18 | UGR1 | |
B67B 7/20 | UGR1 | . | for breaking vacuum seals between lids or covers and bodies of preserving jars, e.g. by wedge action |
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B67B 7/22 | UGR2 | . . | incorporating loops, e.g. of wire, which are tightened around seal |
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B67B 7/40 | UGR1 | . | Devices for engaging tags, strips, or tongues for opening by tearing, e.g. slotted keys for opening sardine tins |
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B67B 7/42 | UGR1 | . | Devices for removing barrel bungs |
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B67B 7/44 | UGR1 | . | Combination tools, e.g. comprising cork-screws, can piercers, crown-cap removers (combinations of opening devices with cutting tools B26, with devices serving other purposes, see the appropriate places, e.g. B25F, B43K 29/00) |
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B67B 7/46 | UGR1 | . | Cutting devices, i.e. devices including at least one cutting element having one or more cutting edges for piercing through the wall of a closed container, e.g. can openers (B67B 7/44 takes precedence; machines for domestic use with a plurality of interchangeable units A47J 43/06, A47J 44/00; hand-held cutting tools, cutting, severing, in general B26) [4] |
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B67B 7/48 | UGR2 | . . | punch type, i.e. the cutting element including at least one sharp cutting edge adapted to pierce through the container wall in, ordinarily, a single operating stroke [4] |
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B67B 7/50 | UGR3 | . . . | with fulcrum, i.e. a lever-like actuating handle with provision to establish a pivot point [4] |
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B67B 7/52 | UGR3 | . . . | Plural spaced cutting edges adapted to pierce the container during a single operating stroke [4] |
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B67B 7/54 | UGR2 | . . | sweep cutter type, i.e. an opening device including means to establish a pivot point between the cutting element and the container and having means to move the cutting element about the pivot point [4] |
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B67B 7/56 | UGR3 | . . . | with container penetrating pivot and variable cutter radius, i.e. the distance between the cutting element and the penetrating pivot being changeable [4] |
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B67B 7/58 | UGR4 | . . . . | Freely slidable cutter [4] |
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B67B 7/60 | UGR2 | . . | having force multiplying means employed to relatively turn the container and cutting element about a fixed point to force the cutting element to traverse the container [4] |
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B67B 7/62 | UGR2 | . . | Progressive fulcrum, i.e. having a lever-like actuating handle and provision to establish a pivot point which is progressively translated relative to the container during the opening operation [4] |
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B67B 7/64 | UGR3 | . . . | with guide means to engage container wall and guide the cutting element thereabout [4] |
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B67B 7/66 | UGR3 | . . . | cutter pivoted to reaction member [4] |
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B67B 7/68 | UGR2 | . . | shear type, i.e. including cutting elements co-operating with one another so that their respective cutting edges move pass and in substantial contact with each other to perform the cutting operation [4] |
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B67B 7/70 | UGR2 | . . | including an annular, driven, wheel-like roller member adapted to continuously engage a container chime during the opening operation [4] |
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B67B 7/72 | UGR3 | . . . | Cutter comprising rotatable disc [4] |
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B67B 7/74 | UGR3 | . . . | Roller drive means causes initial piercing, i.e. force applied to rotate the wheel-like member causes the cutting element to pierce the container wall [4] |
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B67B 7/76 | UGR3 | . . . | adapted to pierce container side wall [4] |
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B67B 7/78 | UGR2 | . . | including plural cutters [4] |
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B67B 7/80 | UGR2 | . . | with means to cover an opening in the container made by the cutting element [4] |
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B67B 7/82 | UGR2 | . . | with means to prevent the cut portion from dropping into the container or to raise the cut portion out of the container [4] |
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B67B 7/84 | UGR2 | . . | adapted for right or left-hand operation, i.e. the device is capable of being operated in either direction about the container [4] |
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B67B 7/86 | UGR2 | . . | with spout or means to deform or bend the material of the container to form a spout [4] |
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B67B 7/88 | UGR2 | . . | with means to clean or sanitise the cutting element [4] |
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B67B 7/90 | UGR2 | . . | with sensor, activator and controller [4] |
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B67B 7/92 | UGR1 | . | by breaking, e.g. for ampoules [5] |
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