Patent ID: 7124673
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: B26D,B29C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Machine for the cutting of double-bodied bottles ( 3 ) attached to each other at the neck, which comprises means ( 2 ) for advancing the bottles ( 3 ) and a bottle-neck cutting device ( 1 ), wherein said cutting device ( 1 ) comprises means for rotating around their axis of symmetry a pair of parallel oriented rotary plates ( 4 ), said axis of symmetry of the rotary plates ( 4 ) being horizontal, a pair of arc shaped blades ( 7 ), which are oriented in parallel to the plane of said rotary plates ( 4 ) and distanced in such a way that the double-bodied bottles ( 3 ) can fit between the arc shaped blades ( 7 ) and the rotary plates ( 4 ), a plurality of drive pulleys ( 9 ), which are arranged parallel to the axis of the rotating plates, and which in operation contact the neck of the bottles ( 3 ), whereby said rotary plates ( 4 ) comprise a plurality of housings ( 5 ) at the perimeter which are arranged in such a way that they can move the bottles ( 3 ), following a circular route, towards the arc shaped blades ( 7 ) so that a cut is made around the entire outline of the neck of the bottles ( 3 ), and whereby said pair of pulleys ( 9 ) are arranged in such a way to ensure that the bottles ( 3 ) rotate about their own axes, an that the bottles are pressed against the arc shaped blades ( 7 ).