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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael H. Peronek, Brunswick, OH (US);
Kevin Sweeny, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Assignee:
FCI, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/28 ;
Abstract
A bottle support plate for use in a rotary capping machine used to apply caps onto the upper threaded neck of one or more containers having a non-fully circular flange. The containers are moved along a generally circular path by a star wheel. The bottle support plate is connected to the star wheel and includes a pocket that at least partially supports and at least partially mates with the flange of the container to at least partially inhibit rotation of the container during the threading of a cap on the upper threaded neck of the container.