Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Robert V. Vickers
  • Apparatus and method to prevent bottle rotation
    Patent number: 6834478
    Abstract: A bottle support plate for use in a rotary capping machine used to apply caps onto the upper threaded neck of one or more containers having a non-fully circular flange. The containers are moved along a generally circular path by a star wheel. The bottle support plate is connected to the star wheel and includes a pocket that at least partially supports and at least partially mates with the flange of the container to at least partially inhibit rotation of the container during the threading of a cap on the upper threaded neck of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: FCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Peronek, Kevin Sweeny