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| 3E081 | Devices for opening bottles or cans | |
| B67B7/00 -7/92,100 | ||
| B67B7/00-7/92,100 | AA | AA00 CONTAINER TO BE OPENED |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
| . Types of containers | . . Ampules | . . Aerosol cans | . . Bags | . . Bags in boxes | . . Opening using a slit or a weakened line | . Stoppers | . . Corks | . . Stoppers with a screw | . . Stoppers with a flange | |||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA19 | AA20 | |||
| . . Paper stoppers | . . Stoppers for ramune (i.e., a traditional Japanese soda-bottle using a marble as a stopper) | . Lids | . . Screw-on lids | . . Crown caps | . . Snap-off caps | . . Cans with seams | . . . Walls with seams | . Sealed or covered containers | . Others | |||
| AB | AB00 METHODS OF OPERATION OF COVER-OPENING DEVICES |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB06 | AB10 | ||||||
| . Openers that do not move while opening | . . Wall-mounted openers | . . Use on factory lines | . Openers that move while opening the cover | . Others | ||||||||
| AC | AC00 PURPOSE AND EFFECTS |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | AC08 | AC09 | AC10 | |
| . Ease of use | . . Reduction of operation force | . . Balance of overall weight | . Operational safety | . Prevention of leakage or scattering | . Extraction and disposal of residue | . Simplification, reduction of weight, or increased density | . Ease of protection or checking | . . Ease of cleaning, washing, or sterilization | . Streamlining of the manufacturing process | |||
| AC11 | ||||||||||||
| . Ease of assembly or disassembly | ||||||||||||
| BB | BB00 TYPE I OPENERS (I.E., REMOVAL OF STOPPERS AND LIDS) |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | |||||
| . Stopper removal | . . Use of corkscrews | . . . Corkscrews with a mounting guide | . . Use of air pressure | . . Pinching and removal of the cork | . . Removers with a means for retrieving stoppers accidentally dropped inside the container | |||||||
| BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | BB20 | |||
| . Removal of screw-on lids by a friction-engagement means | . . Means with a continuous engagement surface | . . . Belt-like surfaces | . . . Cone or disc-like surfaces | . . Multiple intermittent engagement surfaces | . . . Three or more engagement surfaces | . . Means with elements that engage with grooves on the lid | . . Details | . . . Use of an axle that causes the cap-opener to rotate | . . . Use of a means for insertion and holding of the engagement surface | |||
| BB21 | BB22 | BB23 | BB24 | BB25 | BB26 | BB27 | BB28 | BB29 | BB30 | |||
| . . . . Western scissors-type means | . . . . Japanese scissors-type means | . . . . Use of a screw | . . . Size of the engagement means is changeable according to the size of the lid | . . . . Size of the engagement means varies according to a single lid element | . . . . . Variation in stages | . . . . Engagement means for multiple sizes of lids | . . . Type of material used for the engagement surface of the lid | . . . . Elastic materials | . . . . Rigid materials | |||
| BB31 | ||||||||||||
| . . . . . Uneven materials or materials with multiple projections | ||||||||||||
| BB41 | BB42 | BB43 | BB44 | BB45 | BB46 | BB47 | ||||||
| . Removal of crown caps (e.g., use of a bottle opener) | . . Use of one edge of the cap or stopper as a fulcrum | . . . Use of engagement claws (i.e., excluding engagement holes) | . . . . Separate support and engagement levers | . . . . Use of up-and-down movement only | . . . Use of engagement holes | . . Use of multiple gripping points | ||||||
| BB51 | BB52 | BB54 | BB56 | BB58 | BB60 | |||||||
| . Expansion of the space between the containers and the stoppers or caps | . . Wedging between the containers and the stoppers or caps | . Seizure and removal of the stopper or cap | . Engagement with stoppers, cover grooves, or pull-tabs | . Removal of ramune stoppers (i.e., traditional Japanese soda-bottles that use a marble as a stopper) | . Others | |||||||
| BC | BC00 COMMON DETAILS OF TYPE I OPENERS (I.E., REMOVERS FOR STOPPERS AND LIDS) |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC06 | BC07 | BC08 | BC10 | ||
| . Facilitation of the collection of stoppers or caps after removal | . . Use of magnets | . . Use of storage boxes | . . Gripping the removed cap | . . Progressive removal by use of suction | . Materials of openers | . Materials other than the cover opener member | . Shapes of gripping elements | . Others | ||||
| CC | CC00 TYPE II COVER OPENERS (I.E., PIERCING AND CUTTING TYPES) |
CC01 | CC02 | CC03 | CC04 | |||||||
| . Single-action opening of covers | . . Piercing (e.g., punch-in type openers) | . . . Use of the container edge as a fulcrum | . . Pushing or pulling | |||||||||
| CC11 | CC12 | CC13 | CC14 | CC15 | CC16 | CC17 | CC18 | CC20 | ||||
| . Opening by a continuous or repeated action | . . Use of multiple cutting elements | . . . Shear types | . . Single cutting elements | . . . Fulcrum that moves forward simultaneously with the container | . . . Cutting elements that move horizontally | . . . . Use of rotating cutting elements | . . . Cutting elements that move vertically | . . Details | ||||
| CC21 | CC22 | CC23 | CC24 | CC25 | CC26 | CC27 | CC28 | CC29 | CC30 | |||
| . . . Guide means for cutting elements | . . . . Rotating rollers that operate together with the cutting elements | . . . . . Rotating rollers with fixed guide elements | . . . . Use of a separate container-support means with the blade | . . . . Guide means with a central turning point | . . . Cutting elements that are freely detachable | . . . Guide means that is freely detachable | . . . Cutting elements that facilitate the initial piercing operation | . . . . Cutting elements that use spring force | . . . . Use of a linking mechanism | |||
| CC31 | CC32 | CC33 | ||||||||||
| . . . Means to prevent opened covers from dropping into the container | . . . . Use of a projection that engages with the opened cover | . . . . Use of a magnet | ||||||||||
| CC41 | CC42 | CC43 | CC44 | CC45 | CC50 | |||||||
| . Opening combined with an outflow of the contents from the container | . . Means for fixing the lid to the container | . . . Use of a notch to engage the opened cover | . . . Adhesion | . . Use of an air vent | . Others | |||||||
| CD | CD00 COMMON DETAILS OF TYPE II OPENERS (I.E., PIERCING AND CUTTING TYPES) |
CD01 | CD02 | CD03 | CD04 | CD05 | CD10 | |||||
| . Materials of cutting elements | . Shapes and structures of cutting elements | . Material, shapes or structures of opener elements other than the cutting elements | . . Grippers | . Prevention of damage to the cutting elements while in use | . Others | |||||||
| DD | DD00 TYPE III OPENERS (I.E., MULTI-FUNCTION OPENERS) |
DD01 | DD02 | DD03 | DD04 | DD10 | ||||||
| . Openers with mechanisms other than cover-opening members | . . Openers with cover-closing devices | . Combination of two or more opener devices | . Multiple mechanisms that are freely detachable | . Others | ||||||||
| EE | EE00 DRIVING MEANS |
EE01 | EE02 | EE03 | EE04 | EE05 | EE06 | EE07 | EE08 | EE09 | EE10 | |
| . Motor-driven | . . Electric power | . . . Use of an installed electricity source | . . . . Chargeable devices | . . . Motor transmission means | . . Fluid pressure | . . Control of the driving means | . . . Use of sensors | . . . . Detection of extraneous substances | . . . . Detection of the presence of a cover | |||
| EE11 | EE12 | EE13 | EE14 | |||||||||
| . . . Use of a motor-shielding means | . . . . Shielding from changes in the load after the cover is opened | . . . Means for changing the direction of driving | . . . Means for changing the driving speeds | |||||||||
| EE21 | EE30 | |||||||||||
| . Manual power | . Others | |||||||||||
| FF | FF00 ACCESSORIES |
FF01 | FF02 | FF03 | FF04 | FF10 | ||||||
| . Decoration | . Characteristic storage means for the opener | . . Storage and holding within container itself | . Means to protect the cover-opening element | . Others |