DE102011109052A1 - Screw cap opener for container, has housing guides pushed into other guides and arranged such that guides are connected with fastening plate, which serves for wall mounting or cabinet mounting of cap opener - Google Patents

Abstract

The opener has a coupling unit for connection to a drive, and a gripping unit provided for gripping a screw cap and rotated in two directions by a drive in a motor-driven manner. Housing guides (77) are pushed into other guides and arranged in such a manner that the guides are connected with a fastening plate (86). The fastening plate serves for wall mounting or cabinet mounting of the cap opener. The cap opener is rotatably connected with the guides around angle of approximately 90 degrees. A control board (78) is attached at an outer housing by guide rails (89).

Description

The invention relates to a Schraubverschlussöffner with at least one drive as an addition to DE 10 2011 008 975.6 , according to the preamble of claim 1.

Task here is that to allow the installation of such a device both as a wall and as a substructure attachment.

The stated object is achieved by the characterizing features of claim 1.

Further advantageous embodiments are specified in the dependent claims.

For the above-mentioned Schraubverschlussöffner thus a version in wall and / or cabinet installation is specified.

In stationary operation as a wall or cabinet unit, the enormous advantage results from the fact that the container is to be opened can be held with both hands, while the opening process of the screw automatically automatically runs in the sense of the invention.

Thus now disabled or old people can hold the container much better and with an effectively greater force, the device can open the screw in proportion to the increased holding force.

In known Schraubverschlussöffnern the containers to be opened must be held with only one hand while spent with the second hand torques for opening with one hand or be supported momentarily.

Another enormous advantage of the arrangement according to the invention results from the fact that it also screw closures of containers can be solved, which are not centrally located to the center axis of the container itself, since the screw can be supplied regardless of its position to the center axis of the container, the Schraubverschlussöffner.

How out 14.A and 14.B can be seen, this can the outer housing which consists of metal or plastic, right and left side or top and bottom, guide 77 These guide grooves may have various shapes such. B. round, square, rectangular or oval, they can also be designed as a dovetail guide or have other leadership opportunities. They are each designed so that they in the direction of their outer shape inwardly directed towards similarly designed guide rods of the wall or base cabinet bracket 84 can be inserted.

These guide rods 84 can be on right and left side panels 85 attached, or attached to the bottom and top, which in turn attach to the mounting plates of the wall cabinet bracket 86 are attached.

The mounting plates 86 have holes for receiving screws, which are used for fastening the holder 82 you 83 are provided on a wall or below a piece of furniture.

So that the right and left side panels 85 also the guide rods 84 can be fixed in their distance from each other to the nominal size, are cross connections 87 and 88 provided, each directed forward and backward on the guide rods 84 and side panels 85 are attached via fastening means.

The brackets themselves 82 and 83 with their listed items, depending on the shape of the screw top opener itself, may consist of various shapes and materials, such as metal, plastic, brass, etc.

14A shows the Schraubverschlussöffner in the sectional view with built-in items and inserted into the holder, the guides are arranged laterally.

14A shows the Schraubverschlussöffner 2-fold taken in the side view of the wall bracket and base cabinet bracket, the guides are also arranged laterally.

As can be seen from the drawing, the electrical / mechanical parts that are in the smaller versions of the device 100 cause the screwing of a screw from a container, installed inside the device and are from the outer housing 75 with the exception of the outer body rotary gripper 46 fully enclosed.

Other than in the previously described hand-held electric motors with rechargeable battery 75 or AC powered 76 with those of the rotary gripper 46 is driven, is the electronic control of this device described here.

As 14A shows are engine here 41 and gear 42 on an electronic control board 78 attached. The control board itself is guided by guides 89 each on the right and left side directed inward to the half outdoor housings 75 are attached, held so that they can not move horizontally on both sides in the assembled state, that is fixed in the horizontal.

Also directed backwards is the control board 78 exactly to the inner structure of the outer housing 75 customized.

So that the control board can not move forward during operation, material extensions extending outward on both sides are provided on this side.

Towards the front, the control board protrudes a material thickness of 1-4 mm. depending on the size of the device may have on the guide rails 89 far enough that engine 41 and / or gear 42 with appropriate screws can be mounted thereon, wherein the transmission output is arranged so that in the Z-axis with the drive shaft of the rotary gripper 47 flees. The drive shaft of the rotary gripper 47 is connected to the gear and thus also the entire rotary gripper is provided for opening the screw of containers.

Now, when the screw cap of a container in the open rotary gripper pushed upwards pushed, may be due to the flexibility of the control board 78 which may consist of fiberglass material or other flexible material, both the rotary gripper 46 as well as engine 41 and gear 42 within the housing over a distance of 1-10 mm lift and when the pressure is given, also lower again.

This path of movement is used to actuate a mico-on-off switch, which can be arranged at any point in the device.

If the container is inserted into the rotary gripper with a closed screw cap and pressed lightly upwards, the opening process is automatically initiated as described in the main patent.

If the slight pressure is given upwards when the screw cap is released from the container, the rotary gripper automatically moves in the other direction and, as already described in the main patent, releases the screw cap.

The electronically controlled fully automatic movements in the device are via the control board 78 and there stored controlled control programs.

The power is supplied via low voltage power supply via cable to the device 100 and the designated socket for low voltage power supply 91 be connected.

With this power supply also the battery packs 81 when the screw-top opener is removed from the wall or base cabinet bracket to be used as a simple hand-held screw-top opener.

Within such a state, the automatic opening operation is started by slightly pressing the rotary hook onto the screw cap of a container.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

77

housing guides

78

control board

79

Micro switch

81

battery Pack

82

wall mount

83

Under Cabinet Mount

84

Guide rods Wall base cabinet holder

85

Side panels Wall base cupboard holder

86

mounting plate

87

Cross connection in front

88

Cross connection behind

89

Guide rails Control board

91

Socket for low voltage power supply.

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

This list of the documents listed by the applicant has been generated automatically and is included solely for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent or utility model application. The DPMA assumes no liability for any errors or omissions.

Cited patent literature

• DE 102011008975 [0001]

Claims (4)

Schraubverschlussöffner with at least one drive, or with a coupling means for connection to at least one drive over which is rotatable with means for gripping the screw of this motor in both directions, as an addition to DE 10 2011 008 975.6 , characterized in that the Schraubverschlussöffner is provided with guides which can be inserted into further guides, which are arranged fixed so that they are connected to a mounting plate, and the mounting plate for wall or Unterschrankmontage the entire device is used. Schraubverschlussöffner according to claim 1, characterized in that the device with the guides at least by an angle of approximately 90 ° rotatably connected or connectable, such that optionally a Unterschrank- or a wall mounting can be made with the same Schraubverschlussöffner. Schraubverschlussöffner according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the engine ( 41 ) and the transmission ( 42 ) on an electronic control board ( 78 ), which themselves via guides ( 89 ) to the right and left side inwardly directed half outer housings ( 75 ) are mounted, such that they are fixed on both sides in the mounted state in the horizontal. Schraubverschlussöffner according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that can be solved fully automatically with this form of Schraubverschlussöffners, even screw caps of containers whose arrangement is not centrally located to the center axis of the container itself.

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