EP2403797B1 - Apparatus for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule - Google Patents

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EP2403797B1
EP2403797B1 EP10713103.9A EP10713103A EP2403797B1 EP 2403797 B1 EP2403797 B1 EP 2403797B1 EP 10713103 A EP10713103 A EP 10713103A EP 2403797 B1 EP2403797 B1 EP 2403797B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B7/00—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
    • B67B7/92—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers by breaking, e.g. for ampoules
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T225/00—Severing by tearing or breaking
    • Y10T225/30—Breaking or tearing apparatus
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T225/00—Severing by tearing or breaking
    • Y10T225/30—Breaking or tearing apparatus
    • Y10T225/307—Combined with preliminary weakener or with nonbreaking cutter
    • Y10T225/321—Preliminary weakener
    • Y10T225/325—With means to apply moment of force to weakened work
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T225/00—Severing by tearing or breaking
    • Y10T225/30—Breaking or tearing apparatus
    • Y10T225/371—Movable breaking tool

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  • the invention relates to a device for breaking off the head of a glass body formed from a cylindrical body, a neck forming a predetermined breaking point and a head, having an ampoule receptacle and a bevel extending obliquely to the ampoule axis, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such devices are for example from the DE 11 83 634 B and EP 0 926 900 B1 known.
  • the slope forms a separate body, which is movable relative to the ampoule. This device is quite expensive.
  • the invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a very simple design and therefore inexpensive to manufacture device for breaking the head of an ampoule.
  • the device has in all embodiments, a slope A, which projects obliquely to the axis of the introduced into the device ampoule.
  • the bevel A forms a contact surface, which breaks off the head of the ampoule at the neck during a relative movement of the device to the ampoule in the direction of the axis of the ampoule.
  • the device has a first contact surface C, which is disposed on the same side of the longitudinal axis of the device as the slope A adjacent to the bottom of the (introduced from below into the device) ampoule, and one on the opposite side arranged below the neck of the introduced into the device ampoule second bearing surface B from.
  • the head of the ampoule is broken off by the slope A at the neck forming a predetermined breaking point.
  • the clear distance of the contact surfaces B and C from each other corresponds to the thickness of the male ampoule, this can be inserted as in the direction of the axis of the device in this so that its axis coincides with the axis of the device.
  • the device is formed like a cradle, in which in FIG. 2 illustrated embodiment, the slope A and the contact surface C elements of a bar are attached to a the ampoule when inserted into the device embracing the frame, which forms the contact surface B on its opposite side of the bar.
  • the device is provided with a spring element, which is arranged opposite to the slope A, wherein the distance of the spring element from the slope A is less than the clear diameter of the head.
  • the spring element will hold the head after it has been broken off, until it is manually acted upon at its tip and the head is released.
  • the device is substantially (namely with exception of the slope (A) cylindrical.
  • the device is formed with a the slope A and the contact surface C forming, substantially elongated element, a side surface which forms the contact surface B at its free side.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Abbrechen des Kopfes einer aus einem zylindrischen Körper, einem aus einem eine Sollbruchstelle bildenden Hals und einem Kopf gebildeten Glasampulle, mit einer Ampullenaufnahme und einer schräg zu der Ampullenachse zu dieser hin verlaufenden Schräge, gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a device for breaking off the head of a glass body formed from a cylindrical body, a neck forming a predetermined breaking point and a head, having an ampoule receptacle and a bevel extending obliquely to the ampoule axis, according to the preamble of claim 1.

Derartige Vorrichtungen sind beispielsweise aus der DE 11 83 634 B und EP 0 926 900 B1 bekannt. Bei der zuletzt genannten Vorrichtung bildet die Schräge einen gesonderten Körper, der relativ zu der Ampulle beweglich ist. Diese Vorrichtung ist recht aufwändig.Such devices are for example from the DE 11 83 634 B and EP 0 926 900 B1 known. In the latter device, the slope forms a separate body, which is movable relative to the ampoule. This device is quite expensive.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine sehr einfach konstruierte und damit kostengünstig herzustellende Vorrichtung zum Abbrechen des Kopfes einer Ampulle zu schaffen.The invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a very simple design and therefore inexpensive to manufacture device for breaking the head of an ampoule.

Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe gelöst durch die Vorrichtung mit den Merkmalen von Anspruch 1.According to the invention, this object is achieved by the device having the features of claim 1.

Die Erfindung wird im Folgenden anhand einer Zeichnung erläutert. Dabei zeigt:

Fig. 1
ein erstes Ausführungsbeispiel einer Vorrichtung zum Abbrechen des Kopfes einer Glasampulle,
Fig. 2
ein zweites Ausführungsbeispiel einer Vorrichtung zum Abbrechen des Kopfes einer Glasampulle,
Fig. 3
ein, drittes, Ausführungsbeispiel einer Vorrichtung zum Abbrechen des Kopfes einer Glasampulle erfindungsgemäßen,
Fig. 4
ein viertes Ausführungsbeispiel einer Vorrichtung zum Abbrechen des Kopfes einer Glasampulle, und
Fig. 5
ein fünftes Ausführungsbeispiel einer Vorrichtung zum Abbrechen des Kopfes einer Glasampulle,
wobei die Figuren jeweils eine Prinzipdarstellung und eine perspektivische Darstellung der Ampulle vor dem Abbrechen des Kopfes (1. Abb.) und nach dem Abbrechen des Kopfes (2. Abb.) wiedergeben.The invention will be explained below with reference to a drawing. Showing:
Fig. 1
A first embodiment of a device for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule,
Fig. 2
A second embodiment of a device for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule,
Fig. 3
a, third, embodiment of an apparatus for breaking the head of a glass ampoule according to the invention,
Fig. 4
A fourth embodiment of an apparatus for breaking the head of a glass ampoule, and
Fig. 5
A fifth embodiment of a device for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule,
the figures each represent a schematic representation and a perspective view of the ampoule before breaking off the head (1st Fig.) And after canceling the head (2nd Fig.).

Die Vorrichtung weist in allen Ausführungsbeispielen eine Schräge A auf, die schräg zu der Achse der in die Vorrichtung eingeführten Ampulle ragt. Die Schräge A bildet dabei eine Anlagefläche, die bei einer Relativbewegung der Vorrichtung zu der Ampulle in Richtung der Achse der Ampulle den Kopf der Ampulle an deren Hals abbricht. Zur Aufnahme der dabei auftretenden Kräfte weist die Vorrichtung eine erste Anlagefläche C, die auf der selben Seite der Längsachse der Vorrichtung wie die Schräge A benachbart zu dem Boden der (von unten in die Vorrichtung eingeführten) Ampulle angeordnet ist, sowie eine auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite unterhalb des Halses der in die Vorrichtung eingeführten Ampulle angeordnete zweite Anlagefläche B aus. Bei einem Aufschieben der Vorrichtung auf die Ampulle (oder einem Einschieben der Ampulle in die Vorrichtung) wird der Kopf der Ampulle von der Schräge A an dem eine Sollbruchstelle bildenden Hals abgebrochen. Der lichte Abstand der Anlageflächen B und C voneinander entspricht dabei der Dicke der aufzunehmenden Ampulle, diese kann als in Richtung der Achse der Vorrichtung in diese so eingeschoben werden, dass ihre Achse mit der Achse der Vorrichtung übereinstimmt.The device has in all embodiments, a slope A, which projects obliquely to the axis of the introduced into the device ampoule. The bevel A forms a contact surface, which breaks off the head of the ampoule at the neck during a relative movement of the device to the ampoule in the direction of the axis of the ampoule. To accommodate the forces involved, the device has a first contact surface C, which is disposed on the same side of the longitudinal axis of the device as the slope A adjacent to the bottom of the (introduced from below into the device) ampoule, and one on the opposite side arranged below the neck of the introduced into the device ampoule second bearing surface B from. When the device is pushed onto the ampoule (or when the ampoule is pushed into the device), the head of the ampoule is broken off by the slope A at the neck forming a predetermined breaking point. The clear distance of the contact surfaces B and C from each other corresponds to the thickness of the male ampoule, this can be inserted as in the direction of the axis of the device in this so that its axis coincides with the axis of the device.

Bei dem in Figur 1 dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel ist die Vorrichtung wiegenförmig ausgebildet, bei dem in Figur 2 dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel die Schräge A und die Anlagefläche C Elemente einer Leiste sind, an der ein die Ampulle bei einem Einschieben in die Vorrichtung umgreifenden Rahmen angesetzt ist, der auf seiner der Leiste gegenüberliegenden Seite die Anlagefläche B ausbildet.At the in FIG. 1 illustrated embodiment, the device is formed like a cradle, in which in FIG. 2 illustrated embodiment, the slope A and the contact surface C elements of a bar are attached to a the ampoule when inserted into the device embracing the frame, which forms the contact surface B on its opposite side of the bar.

Bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 3 ist die Vorrichtung mit einem Federelement versehen, das der Schräge A gegenüberliegend angeordnet ist, wobei der Abstand des Federelements von der Schräge A geringer als der lichte Durchmesser des Kopfes ist. Das Federelement wird den Kopf nach dessen Abbrechen festhalten, bis manuell auf seine Spitze eingewirkt wird und der Kopf frei gegeben wird.According to the embodiment Fig. 3 the device is provided with a spring element, which is arranged opposite to the slope A, wherein the distance of the spring element from the slope A is less than the clear diameter of the head. The spring element will hold the head after it has been broken off, until it is manually acted upon at its tip and the head is released.

Bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 4 ist die Vorrichtung im wesentlichen (nämlich mit Ausnehme der Schräge (A) zylindrisch ausgebildet.According to the embodiment Fig. 4 the device is substantially (namely with exception of the slope (A) cylindrical.

Bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 5 ist die Vorrichtung mit einem die Schräge A und die Anlagefläche C bildenden, im wesentlichen gestrecktes Element eine Seitenfläche angeformt, die an der ihrer freien Seite die Anlagefläche B ausbildet.According to the embodiment Fig. 5 the device is formed with a the slope A and the contact surface C forming, substantially elongated element, a side surface which forms the contact surface B at its free side.

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  1. An apparatus for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule that is composed of a cylindrical body, a neck forming a predetermined breaking point, and a head, having an incline (A) extending in a manner inclined to the axis of the ampoule to be inserted toward the same, wherein during a relative movement of the apparatus to the ampoule in the direction of the axis thereof the incline (A) breaks off the head thereof at the neck thereof, having a first support surface (C), disposed at a distance from the axis of the apparatus corresponding to the radius of the ampoule on the side of the incline (A) causing a break-off of the head, in the region above the bottom of the ampoule to be inserted, and a second support surface (B), disposed at a distance corresponding to the radius of the ampoule, on the opposite side beneath the neck of the ampoule, inserted into the apparatus, from the axis of the apparatus, characterized in that in the region of the incline (A) opposite thereto at a distance that is smaller than the clear diameter of the head a spring element is disposed that holds the broken-offhead up to manual action onto its tip.
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