NO155341B

NO155341B - KAPSELAVTAGER.

Info

Publication number: NO155341B
Application number: NO821144A
Authority: NO
Inventors: Arne Petersen
Original assignee: Jensens Georg Solvsmedie
Priority date: 1981-04-08
Filing date: 1982-04-05
Publication date: 1986-12-08
Also published as: DK146650B; AU8245382A; SE8103704L; IT1148922B; BE892700A; AU534796B2; DK146650C; CH655921A5; IL65362A0; IT8235711V0; DK159281A; ZA822125B; NL8201428A; DE3123381C2; BR8202021A; GB2096111A; NO155341C; NO821144L; IT8248179A0; DE3123381A1

Description

Den foreliggende oppfinnelse vedrører en kapselay- The present invention relates to a capsule layout

tager for avtagning av kapsler fra flasker, og av den art som under bruk anbringes på kapselen og trykkes ned slik at kapselen løsnes og vippes av flaskehalsen, hvilken kapselavtager er skålformet og hovedsakelig rotasjonssymmetrisk og har en innvendig diameter som er større enn diameteren til den kapsel som skal avtas, og hvor kapselavtageren har et hovedsakelig plant, ringformet gripeorgan hvis plan er hovedsakelig vinkelrett på kapselavtagerens rotasjonsakse, og hvis indre kantdel under bruk kan gripe inn under kapselens frie kant og løsne denne fra flaskehalsen, samt et motholdsorgan med et sirkulærsylindrisk fremspring som under kapselavtagerens bruk ligger an mot og trykker på kapselens overside . takers for removing capsules from bottles, and of the kind which in use is placed on the capsule and pressed down so that the capsule is detached and tilted from the neck of the bottle, which capsule remover is bowl-shaped and substantially rotationally symmetrical and has an internal diameter greater than the diameter of that capsule which is to be removed, and where the capsule remover has a mainly flat, ring-shaped gripping member whose plane is mainly perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the capsule remover, and whose inner edge part during use can engage under the free edge of the capsule and detach it from the bottle neck, as well as a counter-holding member with a circular cylindrical projection which during use, the capsule remover rests against and presses on the upper side of the capsule.

Fra US-pat. nr. 937.850 er det kjent en skålformet kapselavtager av rotasjonssymmetrisk form og av den ovenfor nevnte art, hvor det innvendige, ringformede gripeorgan og motholdsorganet begge tilsynelatende er fremstilt i ett fra et platemateriale som er presset eller trukket opp i fasong. Denne kapselavtager er imidlertid vanskelig å føre sikkert på plass inn over kapselen, dels på grunn av en sentral fordypning i motholdsorganet, hvis indre kant lett fanger kapselen, dels på grunn av den trange plass for kapselen mellom gripeorganet og motholdsorganet som følge av at motholdsorganet har en diameter som kun er en tanke mindre enn diameteren til gripeorganets indre åpning. Videre må det for fremstilling av kapselavtageren med dens kompliserte fasong anvendes en relativt tynn og bløt metallplate, hvorfor kapselavtageren i det lange løp vil være tilbøyelig til å bli presset ut av fasong under bruk. From US Pat. No. 937,850, a bowl-shaped capsule extractor of rotationally symmetrical shape and of the above-mentioned type is known, where the internal, ring-shaped gripping member and the counter-holding member are both apparently produced in one piece from a plate material that has been pressed or drawn up into shape. However, this capsule remover is difficult to place safely over the capsule, partly because of a central recess in the counter-holding member, the inner edge of which easily catches the capsule, and partly because of the narrow space for the capsule between the gripping member and the counter-holding member as a result of the counter-holding member having a diameter which is only a thought smaller than the diameter of the internal opening of the gripper. Furthermore, for the production of the capsule remover with its complicated shape, a relatively thin and soft metal plate must be used, which is why the capsule remover in the long run will tend to be pushed out of shape during use.

Formålet med oppfinnelsen er å tilveiebringe en kapselavtager av den ovenfor nevnte art, som ligger godt i hånden, som er lett å føre inn over kapselen til arbeidsstillingen, og som er solid i bruk og relativt billig og enkel å fremstille. Dette oppnås med kapselavtageren ifølge oppfinnelsen som er karakterisert ved at det ringformede gripeorgan og motholdsorganet er utformet som separate deler, og at motholdsorganets sirkulærsylindriske fremspring ender i en sirkelflate som har en diameter som hovedsakelig er lik med den halve diameter av den indre åpning i gripeorganet, hvilket fremspring ligger i forlengelse av den smale ende av en kjeglestubbformet del av motholdsorganet, hvilken del ved sin vide ende går over i en mot gripeorganet ombøyet rundtgående vegg som ligger an mot gripeorganet, og at det utenpå gripeorganet og motholdsorganet ér fastgjort et separat forsterkningsorgan såsom et forsterkningshylster. Ved at gripeorganet og motholdsorganet nemlig er utformet som to separate deler som hver er fremstilt av platemateriale, stilles det ikke krav om så store deformasjoner av disse under fremstillingen, hvorfor det til dem begge kan benyttes metallplater med større hårdhet og tykkelse enn til de kjente kapselavtagere av denne art, og dessuten virker forsterkningshylsteret som en ekstra forsterkning og som en støtte for såvel gripeorganet som motholdsorganet, hvorfor kapselavtageren ifølge oppfinnelsen bedre tåler de påvirk-ninger som den utsettes for under bruk. Ved at motholdsorganet innvendig har kjeglestubbform med et sirkulærsylindrisk fremspring hvis diameter hovedsakelig er lik med den halve diameter av åpningen i gripeorganet, oppnås at kapselavtageren lett kan føres inn over kapselen og gli på plass omkring denne med gripekanten under kapselens kant, uten at kapselen underveis støter på forhindringer; det ytre forsterkningshylster vil foruten å forsterke kapselavtageren, bevirke at denne ligger godt i hånden og vil kunne gi en grepsforbedrende og dekorativ overflate. Da videre kapselavtageren kan fremstilles av tre separate deler som hver for seg utstanses og presses opp av platematerialet og som deretter samles i en enkelt presseoperasjon, er kapselavtageren også forholdsvis billig å fremstille i massefabrikasjon. The purpose of the invention is to provide a capsule remover of the above-mentioned type, which fits well in the hand, which is easy to insert over the capsule into the working position, and which is solid in use and relatively cheap and easy to manufacture. This is achieved with the capsule remover according to the invention, which is characterized in that the annular gripping member and the counter-holding member are designed as separate parts, and that the counter-holding member's circular cylindrical projection ends in a circular surface which has a diameter that is essentially equal to half the diameter of the inner opening in the gripping member, which projection is an extension of the narrow end of a stub-cone-shaped part of the counter-holding member, which part at its wide end passes into a circumferential wall bent towards the gripping member and which rests against the gripping member, and that on the outside of the gripping member and the counter-holding member a separate reinforcing member is attached such as a booster holster. As the gripper and counter-holding member are designed as two separate parts, each of which is made of plate material, there is no requirement for such large deformations of these during manufacture, which is why metal plates with greater hardness and thickness than for the known capsule extractors can be used for both of them of this kind, and furthermore the reinforcement sleeve acts as an additional reinforcement and as a support for both the gripping member and the counter-holding member, which is why the capsule remover according to the invention better withstands the influences to which it is exposed during use. By the fact that the counter-holding member internally has the shape of a truncated cone with a circular cylindrical projection whose diameter is mainly equal to half the diameter of the opening in the gripping member, it is achieved that the capsule remover can be easily inserted over the capsule and slide into place around it with the gripping edge under the edge of the capsule, without the capsule bumping along the way on obstacles; the outer reinforcement sleeve will, in addition to reinforcing the capsule extractor, ensure that it lies well in the hand and will be able to provide a grip-improving and decorative surface. Furthermore, since the capsule remover can be produced from three separate parts which are each punched out and pressed up from the plate material and which are then assembled in a single pressing operation, the capsule remover is also relatively cheap to produce in mass production.

Motholdsorganets fremspring kan ifølge oppfinnelsen være således plassert at avstanden mellom dette og gripeorganets kantdel varierer langsmed gripeorganets kantdel, enten ved at fremspringets endeflate er skråttstillet i forhold til gripeorganets plan, eller ved at fremspringet er plassert eksentrisk i forhold til gripeorganets åpning, hvorved det oppnås at den samme kapselavtager lett kan anvendes til flere forskjellige kapseltyper eller -størrelser eller til forskjellige flaskehalsutforminger. According to the invention, the projection of the counterholding member can be positioned in such a way that the distance between it and the edge part of the gripping member varies along the edge part of the gripping member, either by the end surface of the projection being inclined in relation to the plane of the gripping member, or by the projection being placed eccentrically in relation to the opening of the gripping member, whereby it is achieved that the same capsule remover can easily be used for several different capsule types or sizes or for different bottleneck designs.

Forsterkningshylsteret kan ifølge oppfinnelsen bestå av et kjeglestubbformet legeme med et skjørt, hvilket legeme i sin vide ende er åpent og i sin smale ende er lukket med en toppdel, idet forsterkningshylsteret ligger an mot motholdsorganet og gripeorganet, og skjørtet strekker seg ut forbi motholdsorganet og gripeorganet, idet motholdsorganet og gripeorganet er fastholdt til forsterkningshylsteret. Herved oppnås at gripeorganet og motholdsorganet fastholdes sikkert, og at kapselavtageren får en overflate som er bekvem å holde på, og som har et tiltalende utseende. According to the invention, the reinforcement casing can consist of a truncated cone-shaped body with a skirt, which body is open at its wide end and is closed at its narrow end with a top part, the reinforcement casing abutting the counter-holding member and the gripping member, and the skirt extending past the counter-holding member and the gripping member , the counterholding member and the gripping member being secured to the reinforcement sleeve. This achieves that the gripping member and the counter-holding member are held securely, and that the capsule remover has a surface which is convenient to hold and which has an attractive appearance.

Denne virkning kan forsterkes ved at skjørtet ved kapselavtageren ifølge oppfinnelsen over små, hovedsakelig aksiale eller skrå, fortrinnsvis ekvidistante delstrekninger kan være presset radielt inn mot motholdsorganet og gripeorganet og med den del av skjørtets delstrekninger som når.ut forbi gripeorganet, kan være presset et stykke innad forbi dettes ytre periferi, hvilket gir en forbedret fastholdelse av gripeorganet og motholdsorganet og gir forsterkningshylsteret et utseende som en kapsel. This effect can be enhanced by the fact that the skirt of the capsule remover according to the invention over small, mainly axial or oblique, preferably equidistant sub-sections can be pressed radially towards the counter-holding member and the gripping member and with the part of the skirt's sub-sections that reach beyond the gripping member, can be pressed a bit inwards past its outer periphery, which provides an improved retention of the gripping member and the counter-holding member and gives the reinforcement casing a capsule-like appearance.

Ved en spesiell utførelsesform for kapselavtageren ifølge oppfinnelsen kan forsterkningshylsteret ha en hvelvet overflate og være hovedsakelig massivt, idet det dog kan ha en eller flere materialbesparende utsparinger, hvilken form passer godt til visse materialer, såsom glass, plast, tre eller keramikk. In a particular embodiment of the capsule remover according to the invention, the reinforcement casing can have a vaulted surface and be mainly solid, although it can have one or more material-saving recesses, which shape is well suited to certain materials, such as glass, plastic, wood or ceramics.

Kapselavtageren ifølge oppfinnelsen blir særlig enkel og billig å fremstille når gripeorganet og motholdsorganet samt forsterkningsorganet består av utstanset platemateriale som er presset eller trukket opp i fasong. The capsule remover according to the invention is particularly easy and cheap to manufacture when the gripping member and counter-holding member as well as the reinforcing member consist of punched sheet material which has been pressed or pulled into shape.

En fordelaktig utførelsesform for kapselavtageren ifølge oppfinnelsen oppnås når det til gripeorganet og til motholdsorganet anvendes et hårdt, fortrinnsvis rustfritt metall eller en metallegering, f.eks. rustfritt stål, og når det til forsterkningshylsteret anvendes et annet, fortrinnsvis rustfritt materiale, såsom metall, en metallegering, glass, plast eller tre. Dette åpner videre mulighet for mange varianter av kapselavtageren med hensyn til form og materialsammen-setting. An advantageous embodiment of the capsule remover according to the invention is achieved when a hard, preferably stainless metal or a metal alloy is used for the gripping member and for the counter-holding member, e.g. stainless steel, and when another, preferably stainless material, such as metal, a metal alloy, glass, plastic or wood is used for the reinforcement casing. This also opens up the possibility of many variants of the capsule extractor with regard to shape and material composition.

Oppfinnelsen vil i det følgende bli forklart nærmere ved hjelp av noen utførelseseksempler og under henvisning til tegningen, hvor In the following, the invention will be explained in more detail with the help of some design examples and with reference to the drawing, where

figur 1 i perspektiv viser en kapselavtager ifølge oppfinnelsen, hvor man ser et avtagerlegeme med hylster, figure 1 in perspective shows a capsule detector according to the invention, where you can see a detector body with a sleeve,

figur 2 viser hylsteret fra figur 1, sett fra yttersiden i perspektiv, og Figure 2 shows the casing from Figure 1, seen from the outside in perspective, and

figur 3 et aksialsnitt gjennom utførelsesformen fra figur 1. figure 3 an axial section through the embodiment from figure 1.

Den i figur 1, 2 og 3 viste kapselavtager består av tre deler, nemlig et ringformet gripeorgan 1 og et skålformet motholdsorgan 2, som tilsammen utgjør et skålformet avtagerlegeme 3 samt et kapselformet forsterkningsorgan i form av et forsterkningshylster 4 som omslutter og fastholder disse. De tre deler er fremstilt av platemateriale som er utstanset eller utskåret og hver for seg presset eller trukket opp i fasong og deretter samlet. Forsterkningshylsteret 4 har en sirkulær, plan toppdel 5 og et omdreiningskjeglestubbformet skjørt 6 som har sin største diameter ved den frie kant. Overgangen mellom toppdelen 5 og skjørtet 6 er utformet med en runding 8. Det skålformede motholdsorgan 2 har et sirku-lært bunnstykke 11 og en hovedsakelig omdreiningskjegle-formet yttervegg 12 og et overgangsstykke med en runding 13 derimellom. Formen og dimensjonen av motholdsorganet er slik at den med ytterveggen og overgangsstykket passer nøyaktig inn i forsterkningshylsterets 4 skjørt og runding som vist på figur 3. Bunnstykket 11 har en sentral del som er presset opp som et fremspring 14 over den øvrige bunndel, The capsule pick-up shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 consists of three parts, namely a ring-shaped gripping member 1 and a cup-shaped counter-holding member 2, which together constitute a cup-shaped pick-up body 3 and a capsule-shaped reinforcement member in the form of a reinforcement sleeve 4 which encloses and holds these. The three parts are made from sheet material that has been punched or cut out and individually pressed or pulled into shape and then assembled. The reinforcement sleeve 4 has a circular, planar top part 5 and a frustum of revolution cone-shaped skirt 6 which has its largest diameter at the free edge. The transition between the top part 5 and the skirt 6 is designed with a rounding 8. The bowl-shaped counter-holding member 2 has a circular bottom piece 11 and a mainly cone-shaped outer wall 12 and a transition piece with a rounding 13 in between. The shape and dimensions of the counter-holding member are such that it, with the outer wall and transition piece, fits exactly into the skirt and rounding of the reinforcement sleeve 4 as shown in Figure 3. The bottom piece 11 has a central part which is pushed up as a projection 14 above the other bottom part,

som danner en omdreiningskjegleflate 15 mellom fremspringet 14 og rundingen 13. Det ringformede gripeorgans 1 ytre diameter svarer tilnærmelsesvis til ytterdiameteren av veggen 12, og gripeorganet er plassert inne i forsterkningshylsteret 4 med sin ytre kant tett opp imot denne vegg 12. Gripeorganet 1 har en svakt dobbeltkrummet profilform, men ligger ellers hovedsakelig i et normalplan til rotasjonsaksen C, og den har en innvendig skarp kantdel eller gripekantdel 16, som egner seg til å gripe inn under den frie kant på en flaske-kapsel. Diameteren av åpningen 9 innenfor gripekantdelen 16 svarer til ca. 2 ganger diameteren av den kapsel som skal avtas. Avstanden mellom gripekantdelen 16 og omdreinings-kjegleflaten 15 er litt større enn høyden av den kapsel som skal avtas,- slik at kapselavtageren lett kan føres inn over kapselen og med gripekantdelen 16 under dennes frie kant. Avstanden mellom overflaten av fremspringet 14 og innersiden av gripekantdelen 16 nærmest fremspringet 14 skal imidlertid helst være mindre enn høyden av den kapsel som skal avtas, slik at denne ved avtagningen kun rører kanten av fremspringet 14 og således vipper og bøyer om denne kant under avtagningen. which forms a cone of revolution surface 15 between the projection 14 and the rounding 13. The outer diameter of the ring-shaped gripping member 1 corresponds approximately to the outer diameter of the wall 12, and the gripping member is placed inside the reinforcement casing 4 with its outer edge close to this wall 12. The gripping member 1 has a weak double-curved profile shape, but otherwise lies mainly in a normal plane to the axis of rotation C, and it has an internal sharp edge part or gripping edge part 16, which is suitable for engaging under the free edge of a bottle cap. The diameter of the opening 9 within the gripping edge part 16 corresponds to approx. 2 times the diameter of the capsule to be removed. The distance between the gripping edge part 16 and the turning cone surface 15 is slightly greater than the height of the capsule to be removed, so that the capsule remover can easily be inserted over the capsule and with the gripping edge part 16 under its free edge. However, the distance between the surface of the projection 14 and the inner side of the gripping edge part 16 closest to the projection 14 should preferably be smaller than the height of the capsule to be removed, so that during removal it only touches the edge of the projection 14 and thus tilts and bends around this edge during removal.

Som det fremgår av figur 3, når forsterkningshylsteret med sitt skjørt 6 ut forbi avtagerlegemets motholdsorgan 2 og gripeorgan 1 som det stramt omslutter og fastholder, og som det likeledes ses på figur 1, 2 og 3 er skjørtet 6 på små, hovedsakelig aksielle ekvidistante delstrekninger 20 presset radielt inn mot avtagerlegemet 3 og med den del 2 2 av skjørtets delstrekninger som når ut forbi gripeorganet, et stykke innad forbi gripeorganets 1 ytre periferi. Herved er det dannet små fremspring 22 av innpresset skjørt 6, som stramt fastholder og fastlåser avtagerlegemet 3 i en stilling hvor det støter opp imot forsterkningshylsterets 4 toppdel 5. Samtidig gir de innpressede partier på yttersiden en karakteristisk, takket overflate på skjørtet, som dels gir den et kapsellignende utseende og dels gjør det lettere å holde fast omkring kapselavtageren. As can be seen from figure 3, the reinforcement sleeve with its skirt 6 reaches beyond the counter-holding member 2 and gripping member 1 of the take-off body which it tightly encloses and holds, and as can also be seen in figures 1, 2 and 3, the skirt 6 is in small, mainly axially equidistant sections 20 pressed radially in towards the take-off body 3 and with the part 2 2 of the skirt's sections which reach out past the gripper, a little inwards past the outer periphery of the gripper 1. In this way, small protrusions 22 of the pressed-in skirt 6 are formed, which tightly hold and lock the receiver body 3 in a position where it abuts against the top part 5 of the reinforcement sleeve 4. At the same time, the pressed-in parts on the outside give a characteristic, jagged surface to the skirt, which partly gives it has a capsule-like appearance and partly makes it easier to hold around the capsule remover.

Kapselavtageren kan fremstilles i mangfoldige materialer og materialkombinasjoner, men fortrinnsvis anvendes rustfrie materialer, såsom rustfritt stål, aluminium, støpejern, bronse, messing og lignende, og i hvert fall deler av den vil kunne tenkes fremstilt i andre materialer, såsom tre, plast og keramiske materialer eller f.eks. gjennomsiktig materiale, såsom glass eller plast, hvorved det kan oppnås mange forskjellige virkninger. The capsule extractor can be manufactured in various materials and material combinations, but preferably stainless materials are used, such as stainless steel, aluminium, cast iron, bronze, brass and the like, and at least parts of it can be thought of as being manufactured in other materials, such as wood, plastic and ceramic materials or e.g. transparent material, such as glass or plastic, through which many different effects can be achieved.

Claims

1. Capsule remover for removing capsules from bottles, and of the kind which during use is placed on the capsule and pressed down, so that the capsule is detached and tilted from the neck of the bottle, which capsule remover is bowl-shaped and mainly rotationally symmetrical and has an internal diameter that is greater than the diameter of the capsule to be removed, and where the capsule remover has a mainly planar, ring-shaped gripping member (1) whose plane is mainly perpendicular to the rotation axis (C) of the capsule remover, and whose inner edge part (16) during use engages under the free edge of the capsule and detaches this from the bottle neck, as well as a counter-holding member (2) with a circular cylindrical projection (14) which, during use of the capsule remover, rests against and presses on the upper side of the capsule, characterized in that the ring-shaped gripping member (1) and the counter-holding member (2) are designed as separate parts, and that the circular-cylindrical projection (14) of the counter-holding member (2) ends in a circular surface having a diameter substantially equal to half the diameter ether of the inner opening in the gripping member (1), which projection (14) lies in extension of the narrow end of a truncated cone-shaped part (15) of the counter-holding member (2), which part (15) at its wide end passes into a counter the gripping member (1) bent, circumferential outer wall (12), which rests against the gripping member (1), and that a separate reinforcing member (4) such as a reinforcing sleeve is attached to the outside of the gripping member (1) and the counter-holding member (2).

2. Capsule remover according to claim 1, characterized in that the projection (14) of the counter-holding member is positioned such that the distance between this and the edge part (16) of the gripping member varies along the edge part (16) of the gripping member, either by the end surface of the projection (14) being inclined in relation to the gripping member (1) plane, or by the projection being placed eccentrically in relation to the gripper's opening (9).

3. Capsule extractor according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the reinforcement casing (4) consists of a truncated cone-shaped body with a skirt (6) and at its wide end is open and at its narrow end is closed with a top part (5), the reinforcement sleeve (4) abuts against the counter-holding member (2) and the gripping member (1), and that the skirt (6) extends past the counter-holding member (2) and the gripping member (1), the counterholding member (2) and the gripping member (1) being secured to the reinforcement member (4).

4. Capsule extractor according to claim 3, characterized in that the skirt (6) over small, mainly axial or oblique, preferably equidistant sections (20) is pressed radially in against the counter-holding member (2) and the gripping member (1) and with that part (22) of the partial sections (20) of the skirt which reach out past the gripper (1) are pressed a little inwards past its outer periphery.

5. Capsule take-off according to one or more of claims 1-4, characterized in that the reinforcement member (4) has a domed surface, and that it is mainly solid, although it may have one or more material-saving recesses.

6. Capsule extractor according to one or more of claims 1-4, characterized in that the gripping member (1) and the counter-holding member (2) as well as the reinforcement sleeve (4) consist of punched sheet material that has been pressed or pulled into shape.

7. Capsule extractor according to one or more of claims 1-6, characterized in that the gripping member (1) and the counter-holding member (2) consist of a hard, preferably stainless metal or a metal alloy, e.g. stainless steel, and that the reinforcement casing (4) consists of another, preferably stainless material, such as metal, a metal alloy, glass, plastic or wood.