Device for opening plastic bottles by cutting the dome
US6886437B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/7264
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for opening blown plastic bottles that are hermetically closed by a dome and mounted in a duct by cutting the dome using a cutting knife mounted in a cutting head that can move relative to the dome along the periphery thereof. The opening device includes holding members having at least two centering fingers, which can move radially relative to the dome to engage with the part of the dome that is to be cut off.
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