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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Manfred Waldstädt, Mainz, DE;
Inventor:
Manfred Waldstädt, Mainz, DE;
Assignee:
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B003/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for opening blown plastic bottles that are hermetically closed by a dome and mounted in a duct by cutting the dome using a cutting knife mounted in a cutting head that can move relative to the dome along the periphery thereof. The opening device includes holding members having at least two centering fingers, which can move radially relative to the dome to engage with the part of the dome that is to be cut off.