Patent ID: 7934532

Claim:
A combination of an apparatus for unsealing a bottle or similar container, with bottles or similar containers having a seal formed by a film of extensible plastic material, the said sealing film adhering for its entire extension also on a certain part the outer axial wall of the bottle end surrounding the opening wherein the apparatus comprises: a) an operating head, having a cavity whose shape is complementary to that of the outer wall of the bottle or similar container, in the zone surrounding the mouth of said container wherein the seal means to be removed are applied, said cavity being arranged to receive said zone of said container, surrounding said mouth; b) translation means, arranged to set the operating head in a translatory motion, vertical to said container; c) suction means, connected to said cavity, in said operating head, near said mouth of said container, and arranged to remove said seal means from said mouth of said container; d) separating means, placed inside said cavity of said operating head, and arranged to partially remove said seal means from said outer wall of said container, separating the edge of said seal means and lifting it up; e) said suction means removing said seal means, which have already been partially removed by said separating means from said mouth of said container; further comprising rotation means, for setting said operating head in a rotary motion, with respect to said container, said rotation means comprise a motor, which is integral to said translation means, the shaft of said motor being hollow, said operating head being rigidly connected to said hollow shaft.