Patents Examined by Nicholas E Igbowke
  • Closure removal apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10710860
    Abstract: A method of removing a closure from a container includes engaging three or more pry fingers against a lid and a container of the package in three or more locations spaced circumferentially around the package, and moving the pry fingers against the container and the lid, to pry the lid away from the container. A closure remover includes a frame, an actuator movable with respect to the frame, and a plurality of kinematic links movably carried between the frame and the actuator and including a plurality of articulatable pry fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory James Warren, Robert L. Vance, Anthony Gmitruk, Jose L. Vega