Abstract: Proposed is a closing cone for screwing screw closures onto containers, particularly bottles, with a receiving part, with a pick ring coupled therewith in rotation-resistant manner and with a pick-up system. The closing cone is characterized in that the pick ring (5) is segmented and is provided with movable segments (17), and that an actuation system (65) is provided which cooperates with the segments (17) so as to create a variable inner diameter of the pick ring (5). Closing cone according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the actuation system (65) is provided with a cone-taper coupling between the receiving part (3) and at least one segment (17), and preferably all segments, of the pick ring (5).

Abstract: A self-adjusting capping chuck assembly for use in association with a filler and/or capper device comprising: an outer cam having an aperture defined by an inner peripheral geometry; and a cap engaging jaw displaced within the aperture of the outer cam. The cap engaging jaw includes at least two displaceable jaw components, and a member for biasing the displaceable jaw components into a cap engaging configuration.

Abstract: An improved collet crimping head used with an existing single lane capping apparatus and collet chuck for gripping, installing and crimping pharmaceutical over-caps and the like during the automated high-volume filling and capping process. The collet crimping head is a unitary member formed with a lower cap crimping section and an upper mounting collar for attachment to a chuck of said automatic capping assembly. The lower cap crimping section has an inwardly directed and constrictable crimping collar for crimping and sealing aluminum hoods of said over-caps onto the necks of containers. The collet crimping head has a slim profile for low inertia, and it incorporates a simplified design for increased durability and reliability, lower manufacturing cost, and greater ease of handling.

Abstract: A closure head for securing a sealing cap having a disc-like top and a cylindrical skirt to a container comprises a central plunger slidable in a counter-pressure plunger between extended and retracted positions with respect thereto, a spring normally urging said central plunger to the extended position, a closure sleeve composed of a plurality of arms surrounding the counter-pressure plunger, each having at the free end thereof a clamp shoe provided with an inwardly projecting clamp rim and a radially outwardly directed inclined surface, a support sleeve for carrying said counter-pressure plunger and closure sleeve, a casing surrounding the support sleeve and supporting the latter therein, said casing being provided with a wear ring having an inclined surface in sliding contact with the inclined surfaces on the clamp shoes for closing the container upon sliding movement of the inclined surfaces of the clamp shoes along the wear ring, and the inwardly projecting clamp rim at the end of said each arm forming t

Abstract: In a sealing head for vacuum sealing a cap-shaped cover of relatively soft inelastic permanently deformable material with a sealing insert to a container of at least substantially rigid material provided with a beading on its outer face in the vicinity of its aperture, which sealing head has a flange plate, a head plate carrying a ring of pressure fingers projecting downwards and elastically yielding in a radial direction, which pressure fingers are surrounded by a rubber sleeve and also a steel sleeve placed over the latter, and a pressure plate carried by an axial shaft, held by the pressure fingers and displaceable inside these together with the shaft against the action of a spring, the improvement comprising the head plate together with the pressure fingers carried by it being displaceable relative to the flange plate by a limited amount on the shaft against the action of resilient means and enclosed by a rigid external shell connected to the flange plate and forming underneath the free end of the pressur