Patent ID: 8196375
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: B01L,B67B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A handheld capper/decapper device for capping and decapping a plurality of threaded caps associated with a plurality of threaded receptacles, comprising: a handheld housing configured to be grasped and manipulated in a plurality of orientations by a user's hand; a one-dimensional array of rotatable spindles supported by the housing, each spindle of the one-dimensional array being configured to engage a respective one of the plurality of caps; and a drive mechanism operable to simultaneously rotate each spindle of the one-dimensional array in a first direction to rotate the plurality of caps relative to the plurality of receptacles to cap the plurality of caps into threaded engagement with the plurality of receptacles and in a second opposite direction to rotate the plurality of caps relative to the plurality of receptacles to decap the plurality of caps from threaded engagement with the plurality of receptacles.