Method and apparatus for bottle capping

Details Method and apparatus for bottle capping Method and apparatus for bottle capping

1997-05-20

1999-02-02

Jordan, Charles T.

Package making

Closing packages and filled receptacles

Separate closure applying

B65B 728

Patent

active

H00017779

ABSTRACT:
A torque wrench for manually applying a screw cap on a threaded opening of a container. The torque wrench includes a handle portion which engages a dome s that releasably receives a neck ring insert. The insert engages the cap and applies a consistent amount of torque thereto by the use of a draft angle or curved portion on an inner surface which tightly engages the curved top edge of the cap. The insert may be sized to accommodate different sized caps.

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