US3692220A - Device for breaking vials - Google Patents

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US3692220A
US3692220A US135736A US3692220DA US3692220A US 3692220 A US3692220 A US 3692220A US 135736 A US135736 A US 135736A US 3692220D A US3692220D A US 3692220DA US 3692220 A US3692220 A US 3692220A
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Gunther Seng
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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
    • 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
    • Y10T225/307—Combined with preliminary weakener or with nonbreaking cutter
    • Y10T225/321—Preliminary weakener
    • Y10T225/325—With means to apply moment of force to weakened work

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  • ABSTRACT In a device for breaking vials there is provided a sloping plate having a slot and carrying a pivotable file urged by a spring into an inoperative position in which it partially overlaps said slot.
  • the vial is inserted into [51] Int. Cl. ..B26f 3/00 the slot and slid therealong whereby the vial neck is [58] Field of Search ..225/96.5, 96, 94, 93 scored by the resiliently yielding file.
  • the vial head is broken ofi' along the score by pivoting the vial normal [56] References Cited to its preceding direction of travel and pressing the vial head against a breaking strip affixed inside said UNITED STATES PATENTS housing adjacent said slot.
  • This invention relates to a device for breaking vials and is of the type comprising a housing which holds a plate provided with a slot for a loose guidance of the I vial neck and a file partially overlapping said slot.
  • the vial is inserted into a horizontally extending slot carrying a file in the lower boundary of its length. By displacing the vial to the other end of the slot, it is scored and thereafter broken downwardly. To permit the vial neck to be broken along the score, the vial has to be first turned 180 about its longitudinal axis. Nevertheless, the breaking operation will result in splinters and further, its preceding horizontal position and then its sudden downward turn may cause part of its contents to spill.
  • a cutting device is combined with a striking mechanism.
  • the latter is formed basically of a lever bar and a spring which has to be tensioned prior to each breaking operation.
  • Such a device is relatively complex and complicated to operate and besides,-a correct, impact-like removal of the vial head depends upon the magnitude of the spring force which may be weakened by corrosion, in which case the vial may not break at all. If, on the other hand, the spring force is too large, a crushing of the vial head may occur instead of its removal along the scored line. A matching of the spring force with the dimension and strength of the vial head or neck is not possible in this device.
  • the slotted plate as part of the housing, slopes downwardly towards the inside of the housing and its inner side carries the pivotal shaft of a file holder and a spring adapted to move the file over the slot.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional side elevational viewof the same embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of one part of the same embodiment
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view along line lV-IV of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional rear elevational view of the same embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a housing 1 having a front wall 2, the lower portion of which is formed as a plate 3 slopping downward in the direction of the inner space of the housing.
  • a neck portion 4 (FIGS. 2 and 5) of the downwardly open housing serves for receiving a waste collector box 5 which is inserted over the neck 4 and which is held by the cooperation of complemental protrusions or embossments 6 and 7 provided on the neck 4 and on the box 5, respectively.
  • the device may be secured to a vertical wall or the like by means of pierced flange plates 8.
  • the plate 3 is provided with a slot 10 which continues in the vertical frontal wall 2 of the housing as a vertical slot 11.
  • the inner end of the slot 10 terminates in an enlargement 12.
  • a file holder 13 to which there is affixed a file 14.
  • a screw 15 passing through the plate 3 serves as a pivotal pin for the file holder 13.
  • a guiding strip 18 having a frontal edge 19 which extends coplanar with the file l4 and which projects slightly over the edge 20 of the slot 10.
  • a breaking strip 22 extending parallel spaced from the plate 3.
  • the vial 23 shown in dash-dot lines in FIGS. 2-4) is inserted in an upright position through the vertical slot 11 in such a manner that the vial neck 24 is disposed approximately coplanar with the slot 10.
  • the vial 23 is pushed along the slot 10 away from the slot 11, it slides simultaneously along the frontal edge 19 of the guiding strip 18 and along the file 14 which yields and pivots about the pin 15 against the force of spring 16.
  • the vial neck 24 is scored by the file 14.
  • the vial head 25 is, without any particular effort, pressed against the breaking strip 22 by pivoting the via] 23 about the edge 19 of guiding strip 18 as a fulcrum.
  • the head 25 breaks off easily along the score on the neck 24. Thereafter, the vial head 25 slides by gravity on the inside of plate 3 and drops into the waste box 5 which may be emptied from time to time by simply pulling it off the neck 4 of the housing 1.
  • the unopened vial is simply moved to the enlargement 12 and then removed from the device downwardly without causing any damage.
  • the vial breaking device has the inherent particular advantages that there is no danger of splintering of the vial material or spilling of the contents; the force necessary for breaking the vial is minimal; and further, the device is constructed in such a manner that the opening of the vial may be perform ed with a single hand.
  • a device for breaking vials comprising A. wall means defining a housing having an inner space,
  • a device as defined in claim 1 including a breaking strip fixedly held in said inner space at a distance from and parallel to said plate for laterally engaging a head portion of said vial disposed in said slot.
  • ing includes a downwardly open neck portion; said device further includes a waste box removably fitted over said neck portion.

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Cited By (6)

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US3766525A (en) * 1970-09-25 1973-10-16 Agfa Gevaert Ag Apparatus for manipulating receptacles of exposed customer films
US4405067A (en) * 1981-06-25 1983-09-20 Caron Peter L Ampoule opener
US4805821A (en) * 1987-08-14 1989-02-21 Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Automatic ampule opener
US4822235A (en) * 1987-02-24 1989-04-18 Hipp David R Device for breaking and stripping coins from a coin roll
US5080271A (en) * 1990-09-10 1992-01-14 Chen I Cheng Automatic ampoule cutter
GB2349640A (en) * 1999-05-07 2000-11-08 Stephen Ferns Ampoule snapping device

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FR2396628A1 (fr) * 1977-07-06 1979-02-02 Astec Dispositif pour la coupe d'un tube en materiau semi-rigide

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3766525A (en) * 1970-09-25 1973-10-16 Agfa Gevaert Ag Apparatus for manipulating receptacles of exposed customer films
US4405067A (en) * 1981-06-25 1983-09-20 Caron Peter L Ampoule opener
US4822235A (en) * 1987-02-24 1989-04-18 Hipp David R Device for breaking and stripping coins from a coin roll
US4805821A (en) * 1987-08-14 1989-02-21 Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Automatic ampule opener
US5080271A (en) * 1990-09-10 1992-01-14 Chen I Cheng Automatic ampoule cutter
GB2349640A (en) * 1999-05-07 2000-11-08 Stephen Ferns Ampoule snapping device
WO2000068135A1 (en) * 1999-05-07 2000-11-16 Stephen Ferns Ampoule snapping device
GB2349640B (en) * 1999-05-07 2003-03-19 Stephen Ferns Ampoule snapping device

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