Heineken Technisch Beheer B.v.

Elbert Gravesteyn

The invention concerns a machine for removing covers or caps on container closures such as the bung hole closure of bear casks, which are positioned with the closure in downward direction and, in empty condition, pass successively a rinsing station and a filling station to be provided again finally with the said caps. The member for removing the caps is U-shaped and, on the belt, is pivotally connected to a parallel mechanism so that said member, after passing the downwardly extending container edge, can engage the cap side facing the container bottom, thus lifting it from the closure.

Cap-lifter

It is the object of the present invention to provide a machine for applying covers or caps on container closures such as the bung hole closure of beer casks or the like, there being mounted a feed chute pivotally mounted about a horizontal cross shaft for the caps to be handled, and having a pressure member at its free end with which the caps are pressed in a single operation in their end position on and about the closures. The feed chute is spring-loaded to allow automatic passage of the pressure member over the cask edge which lies above the level of the closure, by vertical strokes over the cask edge.

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Leiderdorp, Netherlands

Elbert Gravesteyn