Replaceable cap supply cartridge
AssigneeNational Scientific Company
InventorGeorge R. Puckett
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Abstract
A self-feeding manual cap crimper, indexing mechanism and replaceable cap cartridge provide benefits related to quickly sealing crimp top vials or bottles. A conventional manually operated cap crimping mechanism may be utilized in conjunction with a cap indexing mechanism and a replaceable cap cartridge constructed in accordance with the invention. The replaceable cap supply cartridge includes a main body having a cap containment portion which serially feeds caps to the cap indexing mechanism. The cap indexing mechanism and the replaceable cartridge may each be releasably connected to the cap crimping mechanism. A first actuation of the cap crimping mechanism feeds a cap proximate to multiple jaws associated with the crimping mechanism. A second actuation moves the jaws and crimp the cap onto the vial or bottle.
Claims8
A replaceable cap supply cartridge for a manually operated cap crimping mechanism, the cartridge comprising:
- a main body having first and second opposite faces and a cap containment recess in the first face for receiving a supply of caps, the cap containment recess having an exit for serially feeding caps to the crimping mechanism;
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- a slide connector on the second face adapted to mate with a complementary slide connector on the crimping mechanism to allow the serial feeding of caps to the crimping mechanism.
A replaceable cap supply cartridge for a manually operated cap crimping mechanism, the cartridge comprising:
- a main body having a cap containment portion for receiving a supply of caps, the cap containment portion having an exit for serially feeding caps to the crimping mechanism;
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- a slide connector on the main body adapted to mate with a complementary slide connector on the crimping mechanism to allow the serial feeding of caps to the crimping mechanism;
- wherein the main body includes a plate member having first and second opposite faces and the cap containment portion is a recess contained in the first face while the slide connector is disposed adjacent the exit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.