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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dario Beltrandi, Imola, IT;
Assignee:
Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Inola S.c.r.l., Imola, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/636 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/636 ;
Abstract
A cutting machine for forming fracture lines in the cylindrical wall of plastic caps to facilitate the separation of a tamper-evident ring, including at least one cap support which rotates about an axis thereof and a laser beam emitter arranged, with respect to the support, so as to provide a laser beam that strikes the cylindrical wall of the cap, the emitter being activated and deactivated in accordance with the rotary motion of the cap, so as to form in the cylindrical wall of the cap a plurality of cuts alternated with short intact portions, which form a fracture line allowing the separation of the tamper-evident ring from the cup.