Patent ID: 6698160
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B65B,B65D,B67B,B67C

Abstract:
A bottle support plate for use in a rotary capping machine used to apply caps onto the upper threaded neck of one or more containers having a non-fully circular flange, as said containers are moved along a generally circular path by a star wheel, said bottle support plate connected to said star wheel and including a pocket that at least partially supports and at least partially receives and mates with the flange of said container to at least partially inhibit rotation of said container during the threading of a cap on said upper threaded neck of said container, said pocket including a support ledge and an anti-rotation wall, said anti-rotation wall extending upwardly from said support ledge, said anti-rotation wall having a non-fully curvilinear face designed to be at least partially matable with at least a portion of an outer periphery of the flange of said container to at least partially inhibit rotation of said container.