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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Gerald R. Bradley, Scurry, TX (US);
Inventor:
Gerald R. Bradley, Scurry, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A neck support knife for supporting a bottle during capping includes an arcuate planar surface having a plurality of elongated cleats extending away from the planar surface and arranged in a radial pattern. The cleats have a tooth-like vertical cross-section. An inner arcuate face adjoins the planar surface and engages the bottle neck during operation. On each cleat, the corner nearest the inner arcuate face is shaped to reduce contact with the bottle flange/neck junction. In a preferred embodiment, the cleats are all canted from the radial orientation in the same direction so that the bottle is biased against the inner arcuate face during capping.