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US 10,570,003 B2Granted
Tool-less adjustment assembly for changing a torque setting on bottle capping headsets
OwnerMichael Patrick Scott, Matthew Charles Lyoninventors
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Abstract
A method and means by which capping chucks can be torque adjusted without removing the capping chuck from production or taking the adjustment assembly apart for setting the torque on the equipment.
Claims2
An improved tool-less adjustment assembly for changing a torque setting on a bottle capping headset, said adjustment assembly comprising:
- i. a housing having a bottom edge, said bottom edge having an outside surface and an inside surface, said outside surface having marked thereon, torque scale witness marks, said bottom edge interior surface having a series of first teeth located thereon;
- ii. attached to, and located at a bottom of said housing, an adjustment ring having an outside surface, said adjustment ring outside surface having a single indicator mark placed thereon;
- iii. said adjustment ring having a top and a single opening through said top;
- iv. located in said opening in said top, a spring button, a near end of said spring button protruding from said opening;
- v. said spring button distal end comprised of second teeth that mesh with said first teeth such that when said spring button is depressed, the second teeth extend past said first teeth unlocking said adjustment assembly for rotation.
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