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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Thorne Intellectual Property Holdings, Llc, Bountiful, UT (US);
Inventors:
Gale Harrison Thorne, Jr., Bountiful, UT (US);
Gale Harrison Thorne, Bountiful, UT (US);
Craig Newell Thorne, Salem, UT (US);
Assignee:
Thorne Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC, Bountiful, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 55/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/04 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B65D 1/36 (2006.01); B67B 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 7/00 (2013.01); B65B 3/04 (2013.01); B65B 5/068 (2013.01); B65B 55/00 (2013.01); B65D 1/36 (2013.01); B67B 3/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for capping a plurality of bottles enclosed and sealed in a plastic bag. The method comprises disposing the plurality of bottles in a tray in a predetermined array such that caps, disposed in a plate can be displaced for convenient capping in a single step. Ratchet tools are disclosed for facile threading of caps to bottles.