Patent ID: 8918981
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fixture for holding a pivotally closable cap during a closure operation, said cap including a base and cover closably connected at a foldable hinge, said fixture comprising: a U-shaped slide member having a back wall and a pair of side walls extending from said back wall, for accommodating said cap with said base and said cover being in an open condition; said side walls having distal extents which extend beyond a transverse mid-line of said cover so as to prevent angular movement of said cover within said slide member; wherein said slide member is movable with respect to said cap from a retractable position to an extended position and wherein said cap is accommodated for such non-angular movement within said U-shaped slide member in said extended position; wherein said distal extents of said side walls extend beyond said transverse mid-line of said cover in said extended position.