Patent ID: 7387049
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: A01K,B67B

Abstract:
1. A power tool for handling a bottle cap, utilized for an animal water feeding bottle, comprising: (a) a straight tube having an interior area; (b) a gripper head being affixed at a first end of said straight tube, said gripper head comprising a confluent, substantially hollow upper and lower section, said upper section having an aperture at a center area of said upper section, said aperture being connected to said first end of said straight tube, said aperture being confluent with said straight tube's interior area, said upper section extending radially outward from said center area aperture, said lower section being a gripper ring perpendicularly attached to an outer edge of said radially outwardly extending upper section at an outer edge of said gripper ring; (c) said gripper ring having an interior surface, said interior surface adapted to engage an exterior surface of said bottle cap to be handled by said gripper ring; (d) a first annular groove at said point of attachment of said gripper ring to said outer edge; (e) an O ring, said O ring having a slightly smaller diameter than a diameter of said bottle cap, so that when said O ring is placed within said first annular groove said O ring acts as a spacer between said gripper head upper section and said gripper ring to minimize a tendency of said gripper ring to grasp said bottle cap by said gripper head during bottle cap removal procedures; (f) a source of power; and (g) means for connecting a second end of said straight tube to said source of power, said source of power having means for rotating said straight tube in a first direction or in a second direction in accordance with the intentions of an operator, so that when said straight tube is connected to said power source connecting means, and when said power source connecting means is connected to said source of power, and when said gripper ring is secured over said matching bottle cap by said operator, activating said power source in a first direction by said operator secures said bottle cap to said bottle when said bottle cap is positioned on top of screw threads on said bottle, and activating said power source in a second direction by said operator removes said bottle cap from said bottle when said bottle cap is secured to said screw threads on said bottle.