Patent ID: 8840001

Claim:
An apparatus for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule that is composed of a cylindrical body, a neck forming a predetermined breaking point and a head, said apparatus comprising: a frame having a first opened end configured to receive the ampule therethrough, and a second opened end configured to define access to a tip of the head of the ampoule; an incline associated with the second opened end and extending in an inclined manner to an axis of the ampoule to be inserted toward the same; a first support surface disposed on a side of the incline causing a break-off of the head in a region above a bottom of the ampoule to be inserted at a radius of the ampoule from an axis of the apparatus; a second support surface disposed on an opposite side of the incline and beneath the neck of the ampoule when inserted in the apparatus at a distance from the axis of the apparatus that corresponds to the radius of the ampoule; and a spring element that is arranged in an area of the incline opposite thereto and at a distance therefrom that is smaller than an outside diameter of the head prior to the insertion of the ampoule, the spring is configured to hold the broken-off head against the incline until the tip thereof is acted on manually; wherein during a relative movement of the apparatus to the ampoule in the direction of the axis thereof the incline contacts and breaks off the head at the neck.