Necked Receptacle Seal Cutters Patents (Class 30/1.5)
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Patent number: 11883169Abstract: A system for opening a secure specimen sample bottle includes a base having a first area and a first raised hollow portion for receiving and holding the specimen sample bottle. The first raised hollow portion has a groove formed along an outer surface thereof. The system includes a cutter for cutting a first portion of the specimen sample bottle. The cutter has a handle at a first end and a second end portion that receives the first portion of the specimen sample bottle and a blade for cutting the first portion. The second end portion has a flange with a raised rail formed along an inner surface of the flange, with the raised rail being received within the groove to couple the cutter to first raised portion during performance of a cutting operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: INNOVERO LLCInventors: Matthew Fedoruk, Jon Coyles, Sandi Briggs, Tylor Garland, Stephen Bradford, Cezanne Farris-Gilbert, Michael Latham, Robert Reich, Andrew Castro, Elliott Davis, David N. Huang, Will Song, Shane Baxley, Ryan Cohn
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Patent number: 10588449Abstract: A device that may be configured to cut and remove the shell of a coffee pod is disclosed. The device may include a handle with a pod holder and a blade that may be set to different positions to cut the shell at different depths. The coffee pod may be held within the pod holder by locking tabs and may be rotated to sever the shell. The shell may be removed and recycled.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Steven Jay Self
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Patent number: 10519015Abstract: A composite bottle opener includes: a cork remover unit having a hand grip, a bottle stopper and a corkscrew, one end of which is connected to the hand grip while the hand grip is attached detachably on the bottle stopper; a retractable fixing sleeve including an upper sleeve mounted movably on a lower sleeve while the cork removes unit is mounted on the upper sleeve; and one compressible cutter unit installed on a side wall of the lower sleeve such that the cutter is movable in a thickness direction of the side wall of the lower sleeve. In use, one needs to apply a little torque to tear away the sealing foil around the outer periphery of the bottle as well as the cork blocking the mouth of the bottle. The bottle stopper can be plugged back into the mouth of the bottle after the cork removal.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: JINGLE MASTER INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventor: Yeh-Yi Chung
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Patent number: 10287041Abstract: The present invention discloses an electric vacuum-pumping and tinfoil-cutting integrated machine. The integrated machine has a housing which comprises a fixed outer housing having an outer housing receiving cavity formed therein and a fixed inner housing having an inner housing receiving cavity formed therein, wherein a PCB and a battery are embedded in the inner housing receiving cavity of the fixed inner housing; and an electric tinfoil-cutting assembly is embedded on an upper end side of the fixed inner housing inside the outer housing receiving cavity of the fixed outer housing, and an electric vacuum-pumping assembly is embedded on a lower end side of the fixed inner housing inside the outer housing receiving cavity of the fixed outer housing. The present invention can achieve a vacuum-pumping function and a tinfoil-cutting function, and has the advantages of novel structural design, diversified functions and convenience in use.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Inventor: Xiaoxian Song
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Patent number: 10138104Abstract: A device for cutting the foil on a bottle, including a circular shaped body that has a top end and a lower end, wherein the body includes a lip at the top end that protrudes inward such that it can rest on top of the mouth of a bottle, and a plurality of cutting elements attached to the lower end of the body on the inside, such that when the outside of the body is pressed by the hand of a user the cutting elements make contact with foil wrapped around the top end of a bottle, and where the distance from the top end of the body to the lower end is sufficient to enable the cutting elements to make contact with the foil below the bead of the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Inventors: John Bargetto, Robert E. Blumberg
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Patent number: 10093529Abstract: The present utility model discloses an electric tinfoil-cutting device for automatic corkscrews, which comprises a reduction gearbox, a driving motor, a movable support and a blade assembly comprising a blade-mounting carrier and blade-mounting blocks, wherein the movable support are provided with support limit projections which are embedded in mounting carrier limit notches of the blade-mounting carrier, each of the blade-mounting blocks comprises a horizontal mounting block portion and a vertical mounting block portion, and a tinfoil-cutting blade is mounted on the vertical mounting block portion. The electric tinfoil-cutting device of the present utility model can achieve an automatic tinfoil-cutting function and has the advantages of novel structural design, high degree of automation, and convenience in use.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventors: Xiaoxian Song, Haihong Zhu
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Patent number: 9913485Abstract: The present invention is directed to a lollipop (10) comprising: a hollowed stick (14); a sweetmeat (12) mounted on one end of the hollowed stick (14); a cover (16) in a form of a sheet folded around both, the sweetmeat (12) and the stick (14); and a lollipop cover cutter (20), comprising: a handle (24) mating with the hollowed stick (14); and a sickle (22) connected to the handle (24); thereby upon locating the stick (14) in the sickle (22) and rotating the stick (14), cutting the cover (16) by the blade (26).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Inventor: Ohad Heshash
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Patent number: 9688522Abstract: A multifunctional electric wine opener having an opener holder in an upper part of an opener cover, an upper lid of the opener embedded in an opening position of the opener holder, a guide spring and a guide frame assembled in a holder containing cavity, at least two guide paths provided on the guide frame, blade units assembled in the guide paths, a blade holder and an opening blade provided in each blade unit, a horizontal installation unit and a vertical installation unit provided in each blade holder; the opening blade being set in the upper part of the vertical installation unit and the horizontal installation unit being inserted into a corresponding guide path, travel springs assembled in the guide paths, holder guide slopes set on inner surfaces of holder containing cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Xiaoxian Song
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Patent number: 8991057Abstract: A tool for removing shrink wrap from a product may include a first abrasive surface, a second abrasive surface, and a pressing surface, where the first and second abrasive surfaces are movable with respect to one another between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and where in the engaged position, the pressing surface presses the product into engagement with the first abrasive surface and the second abrasive surface. The first abrasive surface and the second abrasive surface may be located on a first arm and a second arm respectively. The first abrasive surface may be stationary relative to the first arm and the second abrasive surface may be stationary with respect to the second arm. The pressing surface may include a pressing element which is rotatable around an axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Aesynt IncorporatedInventor: Robert Jaynes
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Patent number: 8667867Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bottle opening device comprising first and second receptacles to receive at least a portion of a neck of a bottle, with the first receptacle including a wrapper cutting apparatus having at least one cutting element configured to cut a sever in a wrapper on the neck of the bottle, wherein the cutting element is movable towards and away from the wrapper on the neck of the bottle, and the second receptacle including a stopper extractor apparatus configured to remove a stopper from the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.Inventors: Stephen B. Mills, Stevenson Tom
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Publication number: 20120233862Abstract: A tool for removing shrink wrap from a product may include a first abrasive surface, a second abrasive surface, and a pressing surface, where the first and second abrasive surfaces are movable with respect to one another between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and where in the engaged position, the pressing surface presses the product into engagement with the first abrasive surface and the second abrasive surface. The first abrasive surface and the second abrasive surface may be located on a first arm and a second arm respectively. The first abrasive surface may be stationary relative to the first arm and the second abrasive surface may be stationary with respect to the second arm. The pressing surface may include a pressing element which is rotatable around an axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: McKesson Automation Inc.Inventor: Robert Jaynes
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Patent number: 7506445Abstract: Foil cutting device for cutting a sealing foil of a bottle. This foil cutting device is of the type which is positioned from above on the bottle. To that end a cutting device is provided with a stop determining the distance between the free extremity of the bottle and the cutting knives. The foil cutting device comprises two side portions and an upper portion connecting the side portions being integral with the side portions. In this way and elastically pivoting structure results, such that foil material can be cut with a lot of feeling. Between the side portions an opening is delimited and on one of the side portions a cavity for fingers is provided so that it is clear for the user in which direction a pinching force should be exerted for cutting the foil. The cutting knives are conically flared to a plane embodied such that after cutting the resilient foil material is run up by the cutting knives and can easily be removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Vacu Vin Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Delphine Pauline Buyse, Patrick Lambertus Kerkhof, Arnoldus Willem Zweekhorst
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Publication number: 20080022810Abstract: A bottle opener with combined foil cutting and cork extracting capabilities. The bottle opener includes a corkscrew and a handle. The handle has an integrated foil cutter which includes a bottle top receiver, a thumb slide, and a blade operatively connected to the thumb slide. The bottle top receiver is configured to receive the top of the bottle when the top of the bottle is inserted into the bottle top receiver. In the preferred embodiment, the bottle top receiver has a substantially cylindrical side wall along its internal perimeter. The thumb slide is provided on an exterior surface of the handle and is configured to slide back and forth along the exterior surface between a first position and a second position. The blade is operatively connected to the thumb slide so that it travels along with the thumb slide. When the thumb slide is moved from the first position to the second position, the blade projects into the interior of the bottle top receiver through a port in the side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventor: David F. Panetti
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Patent number: 6886253Abstract: A foil cutter including first and second foil cutting means, said first and second cutting means being relatively movable towards each other for foil cutting engagement with the neck of a bottle, wherein, at least one of said cutting means including a pair of pivotally movable cutting members.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2003Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Inventor: Wai Chan
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Publication number: 20040255464Abstract: A foil cutter including first and second foil cutting means, said first and second cutting means being relatively movable towards each other for foil cutting engagement with the neck of a bottle, wherein, at least one of said cutting means including a pair of pivotally movable cutting members.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventor: Wai Chan
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Publication number: 20040117987Abstract: A bottle opener for the cabinet of a refrigerator or other similar storing device, comprising a plate (P) having a fixation portion (10) which is seated and affixed against the cabinet (1), and an opening portion (20) projecting outwardly from the contour of the cabinet (1) and incorporating, inferiorly, a finger (22), which is arranged to engage and retain a small extension of a peripheral edge of a metallic cap (T) crimped to a bottle (G), when the latter has its bottom angularly displaced in the direction of the projection of the opening portion (20) and outwardly from the contour of the cabinet (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2004Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Marco Antonio Regnier Pedroso, Fabiano Assmann, Sthefan Verjas de Almeida
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Publication number: 20030188442Abstract: A can opener with top and circumferential support members attached to each other. A cutting blade is mounted to the circumferential support member and has a blade edge configured for cutting at least a portion of a circumferential can wall of a can. The top and circumferential support members are configured for guiding and the cutting blade along the circumferential can wall and for positioning at least a portion of the blade edge at an angle sufficiently small against the can wall for cutting at least a portion of the wall, while reducing or eliminating binding or tearing of said portion of the wall upon rotation of the can opener against the can by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2002Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventor: Kevin Imer
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Patent number: 6557258Abstract: A cutter, for cutting various surfaces having various curvatures, having a blade assembly and a housing. The blade assembly includes a first blade and a second blade, each having an inner edge and an outer edge, and a guide mounted between the first blade and second blade adjacent to the inner edges thereof. The first blade has a first cutting surface and the second blade has a second cutting surface which are each oriented toward the guide. The first cutting surface is convex toward the guide and the second cutting surface is concave toward the guide, wherein the user may cut concave or convex surfaces by selectively using one of the blades.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1999Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Inventors: Elizabeth M. Roberts, Roger S. Hollister
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Patent number: 6477775Abstract: A device for opening a sealed container, the device comprising, a first arm having a proximal and distal end, a second arm having a proximal and distal end, a cutting device, and at least one guiding device, wherein the guiding device is disposed on one of the first and second arms. Furthermore, the guiding device is adapted to receive a double seam of a sealed container, thereby preventing the device from slipping.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Inventors: Dale Scribner, John Schwaner
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Publication number: 20020092169Abstract: A foil cutter for removing the foil wrapping from the neck of a wine bottle has a generally circular, disc-shaped body including a substantially circular interior cavity with a plurality of cutting wheels projecting into the cavity. When the foil cutter is at rest, the circular interior cavity fits loosely over the mouth of the wine bottle. The foil cutter body is flexible to permit a partial collapsing of the circular interior cavity to bring the cutting wheels into cutting relationship with the foil wrap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: July 18, 2002Inventor: Edward Kilduff
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Publication number: 20020083590Abstract: A device for opening a sealed container, the device comprising, a first arm having a proximal and distal end, a second arm having a proximal and distal end, a cutting device, and at least one guiding device, wherein the guiding device is disposed on one of the first and second arms. Furthermore, the guiding device is adapted to receive a double seam of a sealed container, thereby preventing the device from slipping.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2000Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: Dale Scribner, John Schwaner
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Patent number: 6196086Abstract: The invention relates to a foil cutter (12) and such a cutter in combination with a corkscrew (2) and/or a crown cap opener (35). The foil cutter (12) comprises an annular casing (16, 17) having a passage (14) extending axially therethrough and adapted to accommodate the neck of a wine bottle, and a pair of cutting members (22) having cutting edges (23) mounted in the casing so that each extends or is movable to extend into the passage in a plane normal to the axis, one or more of the cutting edges (23) or a guide member (50) aligned therewith being movable relative to the casing radially inwardly of the passage so as to ensure that both cutting edges engage a bottle neck located in the passage. Preferably a push member (25) is connected to each movable member and extends to the outside of the casing for pressing the associated movable member inwardly, and biasing means (27) resists such inward movement.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Dual LimitedInventor: Leslie Alexander Gort-Barten