Method and apparatus for applying closures to containers
US4221105A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 1979 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB67B3/18
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In applying an unthreaded metal closure to the threaded neck of a bottle by the use of profiled thread rollers to shape the skirt of the closure shell into conformity with the bottle thread while the shell is pressed down on the mouth of the bottle, the part of the skirt in which the thread is formed is engaged during the thread-rolling operation by at least one plain roll angularly displaced with respect to the thread rollers.
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