Patent ID: 6334289
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B65G,B67B,B67C

Abstract:
Tool (1) for gripping a collar (2) projecting from the mouth (3) of a plastic bottle, comprising a main body (4) having an internal edge (5) which is essentially in a form of an arc of a circle having a diameter larger than a diameter of the mouth and less than a diameter of the collar, the edge (5) of the main body (4) being designed to surround part of the mouth (3) of the bottle;at least three pointed projections (6) located on an upper side of the main body (4) close to the edge (5) and extending upwards, top ends of the projections lying in a plane on which the collar (2) is designed to rest; wherein the projections (6) are made of a different material from that of the main body (4) and are located in one or more inserts (7) applied in corresponding cavities formed in the body.