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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:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald S Kaminski, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Illinois Plastic Products Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ; B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29456 ; 29 355 ; 295641 ; 29773 ; 29785 ; 29792 ; 533312 ; 53490 ; 53561 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus which provides for holding a closure that has threads stationary and rotating the container about its longitudinal axis to apply the closure on the container. Preferably the closure and container are in inverted position. The method of cutting provides for holding the container and closure in inverted positioned, gripping the container and moving a knife transversely of the longitudinal axis of the container to sever the bottom from the container.