Abstract: A flexible mounted jar holder tightly holds a jar upon a flat base while a user loosens a tightened cap therefrom. The jar holder includes a resilient, ribbed gripping first retaining strap which encircles and locks the jar in place therebetween. A locking member includes a pair of upwardly extending fixed posts, and a third locking cam post, which includes an ellipsoid cross sectional diameter. A further retaining means includes at least one further flexible strap which is urged against a portion of the outer circumference of the jar to be held at a point opposite to where the first retaining strap is urged against the outer circumference of the jar to be held. This further flexible retaining strap is stretched linearly between the pair of fixed posts. Preferably the further flexible retaining strap includes a pair of further retaining straps having respective looped ends insertable over each respective fixed post.

Abstract: A bottle cap remover is activated by inserting a bottle into an orifice. A detector adjacent the orifice detects the presence of the bottle and causes a linear actuator to drive a gripping device away from the top of the bottle where the cap is located. As the gripping device is moving away from the bottle cap, cam members direct hooked members of the gripping device around the bottle cap so that it is pulled off of and away from the bottle as the linear actuator drives the gripping device away from the bottle top. Once the bottle cap is removed, the linear actuator recycles to ready the bottle cap remover for the next bottle cap.

Abstract: A jar opener including a rigid housing having a horizontal top wall, a horizontal bottom wall, and a space therebetween and with the bottom wall further having a gripping surface for gripping a bottom of a jar that is placed thereupon; an elongated horizontal traveling plate disposed within the space at a location above the gripping surface of the bottom wall; a revolvable wheel coupled to the traveling plate at a location above the gripping surface of the bottom wall and with the wheel also having a gripping surface for gripping a lid on the jar; a first drive mechanism engaged with the traveling plate for allowing its lowering for placement of the gripping surface of the wheel in contact with a lid on the jar; and a second drive mechanism engaged with the wheel for allowing its revolution for loosening the lid on the jar.

Abstract: An ice bucket champagne opener apparatus, comprises: A cylinder ice bucket structure base to contain ice and a bottle of champagne. A lid attached and secured on the top of the ice bucket as an elevated base. The lid has a center round hole opening for the upper part of the champagne bottle to be set above the lid. A post support base is connected to the top of the lid to support an adjustable lever post. An elongated lever bar with a rear handle is connected pivotally across the top of the lever post. A cork container, which has the grasping means connected, is hung by a flexible connector with the front end of the lever bar. The cork container is floated above the lid and can be adjusted to slide to cover the champagne cork. The grasping means has a pair of cork grip flanges, which can be set to grasp and lock on the champagne cork. Whereby one can press the bottle down with one hand and press the lever bar with the other hand to tilt the cork container in pulling the cork off.

Abstract: A powered jar lid remover includes a work table supporting a rotatable platen, an electric motor with associated drive and manual on-off switch, and a clamp disposed above the platen. The platen rides on plungers which, in turn, ride on a cammed track disposed beneath the platen. A jar placed on the platen is urged into progressively tighter engagement of the clamp when the platen rotates, and ascends a ramp formed in the cammed track. The clamp has a friction brake opposing upward movement, so that the jar cannot defeat clamping action by pushing the clamp upwardly. A manual lever releases the brake so that the clamp can be moved upwardly for adjustment, as for accommodating a jar of greater height. The brake opposes upward movement only, and downward movement of the clamp is unopposed by the brake.

Abstract: A base housing, having a base housing top wall rotatably mounts a chuck assembly through the base housing top wall, with a support member mounted to the top wall having a track, with the track slidably positioning a mounting plate, with the mounting plate including a plurality of confronting first and second arcuate jaws to secure a jar lid, with the first and second arcuate jaws arranged in a position extending over the chuck, with the chuck including a plurality of arcuate chuck jaws in an annular array operative to engage a jar within the chuck jaws.

Abstract: A new, novel device for holding a container while applying torque specifically to the closure in the direction of opening. This device is readily adaptable for use with an electric motor or ratchet to provide hands free operation. The device may be made small enough to serve as a counter-top appliance for home use. In addition, the device is self sizing to serve a wide array of container closures.

Abstract: A housing having a cavity is arranged for mounting within a cabinet structure, with the apparatus to include a first drive motor to effect selective rotation in a clockwise and counter-clockwise manner to permit the selective closure and removal of jar lids relative to an associated jar employing threaded interconnection, with a second motor arranged for operative and selective actuation of a can opening device.

Abstract: The automated container cap remover and method for cap removal includes a drive for causing relative rotation to occur between a container cap and a cap engaging unit. The drive brings the cap engaging unit into engagement with the cap and then slips to permit the cap to be unscrewed from the container. A control unit senses the torque created by the relative rotation between the cap and cap engaging unit, and when a drop in torque is sensed, the control unit causes the drive to move the cap and cap engaging unit out of engagement.

Abstract: An analyzer is disclosed having a device for removing and inserting a stopper from and into the opening of a container for liquids arranged in a tray, particularly test tubes filled with body fluids, a gripper which performs rotary movements frictionally interacting with stopper and a lifting means feeding the container to the gripper and fixing it.The gripper features three radially arranged clamping elements with rollers on an inner carrier member, said clamping elements being radially movable by control elements associated therewith and mounted on an outer hollow-cylindrical housing portion. The control elements are coaxially arranged in the form of a ring and each consists of a cam section having a small radius and a cam section having a larger radius, said sections being interconnected via a ramp and having a threshold.

Abstract: A device to securely hold a container, (produced from any currently known material) utilizing the user's body weight for pressure, exerted by leaning against the device. This action enables a disabled or weakened person to twist, puncture or pry off the top, or portion thereof, with either one good hand or two crippled hands.

Abstract: A new, novel device for holding a container while applying torque specifically to the closure in the direction of opening. This device is readily adaptable for use with an electric motor or ratchet to provide hands free operation The device may be made small enough to serve as a counter-top appliance for home use. In addition, the device is self sizing to serve a wide array of container closures.

Abstract: A corked bottle opener comprising a stationary shaft and a rotatable stem extending longitudinally from the shaft and mounted for axial movement relative thereto. An adjustably mounted retainer extends from the shaft and engages the neck of the bottle. A jaw member extends from the stem, but is held against rotation, engages the stopper. An actuator rotates the stem to move it axially and thereby raise the jaw member so as to remove the cork.

Abstract: The improved bottle closure opener has a housing with an open front having a reawardly disposed front panel with an elongated vertical housing Slit at the mid-section thereof, opposed Side walls with vertical guide grooves on the outer surfaces thereof, a base, and a ceiling case. An L-shape bottle platform formed by a bottle seat and a vertical case is slidably held on the guide grooves of said side walls. A pair of bottle clamps of V-shape formation supported on the bottle seat and secured to respective clamp shafts pivotally move toward or away from each other by means of a bottle clamping mechanism operably held and concealed in the vertical case of said bottle platform. A driving mechanism, disposed and concealed inside the vertical column of the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for loosening threaded caps assembled to upper ends of containers is disclosed as including a de-capping assembly for circumferentially engaging and loosening a threaded cap from an associated container. The de-capping assembly is capable of being automatically adjustably pre-positioned relative to threaded caps of different diameter assembled to associated containers. In conjunction with the de-capping assembly, an elevator assembly may also be used for vertically and horizontally aligning a threaded cap mounted container relative to the de-capping assembly. A method is also disclosed for adjustably and circumferentially gripping threaded caps of different diameter assembled to associated containers and imparting circumferential loosening forces to such threaded caps assembled to associated containers while retaining the circumferential gripping force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decapping machine adapted to receive capped bottles and operable to decap bottles so received. The machine comprises a decapping station wherein individual capped bottles are securely positionable in bottle decapping relation with an assembly comprising a lever arm rotatable about a pivot. An anvil is secured to the lever arm in spaced apart relation from the pivot.

Abstract: The bottle closure opener of the present invention has a bottle body cramping unit mounted on a vertically movable platform within a housing having an open front and a top wall, and a bottle cap gripping unit fixedly mounted on said top wall. The cramp members of the bottle body cramping unit and the grip member of the bottle cap gripping unit are simultaneously controlled by a single clutch switch lever which drivingly connects to a reversible motor through a single clutch unit to move said cramp members either towards or away from each other and said movable platform to move either upwardly or downwardly; and said grip members to rotate counterclockwise to effect the subsequent gripping and opening of the cap.

Abstract: A torque-sensing rotary tool for use in bottle-capping, and other such applications. The tool (10) is characterized by independent motors (30 and 40) means for gripping and rotating bottles or the like and a rotation-counter which forms means, with associated circuitry (FIG. 9), to determine when an object, e.g. a bottle cap, may be safely lifted by automatic machinery, e.g. by robot means.

Abstract: A holder and opener having a planar member with at least one side and an upper and lower face, a transverse shoulder connected to the side of the planar member, and a plurality of shaped indentations in the upper face for sliding fit engagement with an expresso coffeemaker.

Abstract: A corked bottle opener having a base upon which a bottle is positioned, a retaining bracket with a slotted cylindrical sleeve to support the neck of a bottle and a cork removal bracket. The cork removal bracket has a pivotal corkscrew mechanism in proper vertical alignment with the corked end of the bottle. After insertion of the corkscrew into the cork, the cork removal bracket, which is pivotally secured to a vertical surface at one end, is moved upward at the other end causing the cork to be removed from the bottle with minimum effort.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for removing closures from containers that are assembled in cases which are moved seriatum into position below multiple spindles arranged with respect to the container positions in the case. Each spindle has a non-rotatable internally threaded nut with a freely rotatable externally threaded screw therethrough, and a head unit for gripping a closure on the container. Axial displacement of the multiple spindles with respect to the containers causes the head unit of each spindle to grip a container only by its closure, if it has one thereon. Axial displacement of the screw with respect to the nut rotates the screw with sufficient torque to break any bond or seal securing the closure without need of holding the container to prevent its rotation.

Abstract: A jar lid loosening device for screw type jar lids consisting of a jar lid receiving member arranged to accommodate a range of different sized lids, a vertically moveable table to support and raise a jar to have the lid thereof come into a holding engagement with said lid receiving member, a motor driven endless screw raising said table, a motor driven sprocket chain rotating said lid receiving member to loosen said jar lid and a switch member causing a reverse rotation of said endless screw to lower said table and the jar therein, removing said lid from said lid receiving member.

Abstract: Apparatus for opening the covers on jars including means for positioning and stationing the jar. Means for clamping the cover in the positioned jar and means for gripping the cover periphery and rotating the gripping means are provided to rotate the cover to an opened position while the jar is positioned and stationed.