B - Operations – Transporting – 67 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
67
B
65/91
B67B 7/02 (2006.01) B01L 3/14 (2006.01) G01N 35/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1318143
-0- STOPPER REMOVER APPARATUS ABSTRACT There is described a stopper remover for automatically removing a stopper in a container, the remover comprising first means for gripping the container against rotation, second means for gripping the stopper, and means for rotating the second means about an axis while the second means grips a stopper. The remover features engaging means for frictionally engaging a stopper while the rotating means rotated in only one direction, the engaging means comprising an annular ring and extending from the inside of the ring, a plurality of spikes terminating in points disposed generally in an annular surface inside of the ring and constructed to engage a stopper, the spikes being mounted on the ring so as to be non-radially aligned. The result is that the spikes positively grip the stopper only if the ring is rotated in the one direction, and slip off the stopper when the rotating means rotates in a direction opposite to the one direction.
610855
Eastman Kodak Company
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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