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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Luca Molinaro, New Castle, PA (US);
Assignee:
Portola Packaging, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B / ; B67B / ; B65B / ; B67B / ; B67B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
533315 ;
Abstract
An auto rotation capping device for use on bottle cappers to provide for a final partial tightening rotation of a pre-positioned tamper evident push on cap. The auto rotation cap tightening device includes a support and guide housing with a recessed cap engagement chuck that imparts partial rotation to the cap by the vertical movement of the bottle cap against the chuck.