Patent ID: 9658141
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B67B,G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A station for uncovering a receptacle including a body in which several adjacent holes initially sealed by a cover are formed, including: a plurality of coaxial and equidistant blades or saws, wherein each blade or saw is (i) rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis orthogonal to a direction of movement of the receptacle, and (ii) is positioned axially in a vertical plane passing between two adjacent holes of the receptacle, and (iii) an axial distance between two adjacent blades or saws is equal to a distance between adjacent holes of the receptacle, and wherein at least one blade or saw is configured to make at least one cut in the cover between two adjacent holes, so as to divide the cover into portions, each cover portion covering at least one of the holes of the receptacle, at least one of the holes of the receptacle being a selected hole covered by a selected cover portion; and at least one heating gripping device that is arranged to heat and remove the selected cover portion, thereby opening the selected hole.