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US 6,206,598 B1Granted
Capping device
OwnerSamuel V. Johnson, Neil Sidellinventors
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Abstract
A device for capping an object. The capping device includes a cap within a housing. An actuating apparatus moves an object from a first location outside the housing into a second location within the cap. The second location is offset from the first location. The object may include a writing element, a straw for drinking, a hypodermic needle, etc.
Claims20
A capping device comprising:
- a housing;
- a cap attached within the housing for sealing an end of an object;
- an actuating apparatus attached to the object for moving the end of the object from a first location outside the housing to a second location within the cap, wherein the cap is offset from the first location, and for moving the end of the object from the second location within the cap back to the first location outside the housing, and wherein a front edge of the housing is slanted at an angle less than 90 decrees as measured between the front edge and an outer surface of the housing.
A method for capping comprising:
- providing a cap within a housing, wherein a front edge of the housing is slanted at an angle less than 90 degrees as measured between the front edge and an outer surface of the housing;
- retracting an end of an object from a first location outside the housing to a second location within the housing using an actuating apparatus attached to the object;
- rotating the end of the object into a position for capping;
- and
- extending the end of the object into the cap for sealing the end of the object.
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