OPENING OR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING (nozzles in general B 05 B; packaging liquids B 65 B, e.g. B 65 B 3/00; pumps in general F 04; siphons F 04 F 10/00; valves
F 16 K; handling liquefied gases F 17 C)
B 67 B
APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES, JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS (opening or closing devices attached to, or incorporated in, containers or container closures B 65 D)
1
/
00
Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per seB 65 D 39/00)
1
/
03
•
Pretreatment of stoppers, e.g. cleaning, steaming, heating, impregnating or coating; Applying resilient rings to stoppers (mechanical working of cork B 27 J 5/00) [5]
1
/
04
•
by inserting threadless stoppers, e.g. corks
1
/
06
•
by inserting and rotating screw stoppers
1
/
08
•
Securing stoppers, e.g. swing stoppers, which are held in position by associated pressure-applying means coacting with the bottle neck
1
/
10
•
by inserting disc closures [6]
3
/
00
Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying caps (caps per seB 65 D 41/00)
3
/
02
•
by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
3
/
04
•
•
Cutting caps from strip material in capping machines (devices for registering moving strip material B 65 H 23/00)
3
/
06
•
•
Feeding caps to capping heads
3
/
062
•
•
•
from a magazine
3
/
064
•
•
•
from a hopper
3
/
10
•
•
Capping heads for securing caps
3
/
12
•
•
•
characterised by being movable axially relative to cap to deform flanges thereof, e.g. to press projecting flange rims inwardly
3
/
14
•
•
•
characterised by having movable elements, e.g. hinged fingers, for applying radial pressure to the flange of the cap (B 67 B 3/16, B 67 B 3/18 take precedence) [5]
3
/
16
•
•
•
characterised by having resilient deforming elements, e.g. resilient sleeves or collars (B 67 B 3/18 takes precedence) [5]
3
/
18
•
•
•
characterised by being rotatable, e.g. for forming screw threads in situ [5]
3
/
20
•
by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps (forming threads in situ by resilient deforming means B 67 B 3/16, by rotary capping heads B 67 B 3/18) [5]
3
/
22
•
by applying snap-on caps
3
/
24
•
Special measures for applying and securing caps under vacuum
3
/
26
•
Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery
3
/
28
•
Mechanisms for causing relative movement between bottle or jar and capping head [5]
5
/
00
Applying protective or decorative covers to closures; Devices for securing bottle closures with wire (infant-feeding teats with means for fastening to bottles A 61 J 11/04) [6]
