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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
May. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael H Peronek, Strongsville, OH (US);
Daniel L Goodell, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Assignee:
FCI, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53201 ; 53253 ; 53300 ; 53471 ;
Abstract
A bottling machine for filling or capping containers having a generally circular cross section is provided. The bottling machine includes a rotatable star wheel having a plurality of peripheral individual removable neck support assemblies for receiving and moving the containers through the machine. Each of the individual neck support assemblies includes a pocket support for holding the containers and a snap locking mechanism including a piston on the neck support assembly cooperable with a clamp pin on the star wheel for releasably attaching each of the neck support assemblies to the star wheel.