Title: Bottle closing apparatus

Abstract: An automatic stoppering apparatus for bottles and the like having threaded necks with matching threaded stoppers is adapted upon feed of the bottles into the apparatus wherein they are carried on and by a generally vertically disposed rotating drum to screw the stoppers into sealing engagement with the bottles during rotation of the drum and before discharge of the bottles by means of associated rotatably and vertically movable stopper grasping and attaching heads that cooperate with the rotating drum in operation of the apparatus.

Do you think this is a good invention? Vote now:

Votes so far: For:(0) Against:(0)
Other info:

Inventors: Evrard, Ernest L. (Charenton, FR)

Application Number: 540493
Filing Date: 1975-01-13
Publication_date: 1976-06-22
Assignee: Societe Anonyme Machines Automatiques Cillotta (Morangis, FR)
Primary Class(es): 53/306 53/317, 53/319
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2106365	Jan, 1938	Tiano	53/306.
2705101	Mar, 1955	Everett	53/317.
2731185	Jan, 1956	Ranney et al.	53/317.
3031822	May, 1962	Dimond	53/317.
3242632	Mar, 1966	Dimond	53/308.
3491516	Jan, 1970	Bergeron	53/331.
3818677	Jun, 1974	Herbert	53/338.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: McGehee, Travis S.
Assistant Examiner: Culver, Horace M.
Attorney: Rudy; N. Jerome