Method and apparatus for scoring plastic tamper indicating closures
CA 2123386 A1 · Owner: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. · Inventors: Ingram, Keith W.
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A method and apparatus for scoring plastic tamper indicating closures to provide the tamper indicating band that is connected to the closure by bridges formed by scoring. The scoring is achieved by successively moving a rotating closure past a stationary primary knife blade having an arcuate concave interrupted cutting edge to form the bridges and then past a secondary knife blade having an arcuate concave uninterrupted cutting edge to accurately dimension the bridges. The method and apparatus provides for supporting each knife blade on a holder wherein the position of the blade can be set by setting the blade into a knife blade holder using a setting fixture remote from the apparatus, …
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- Filed May 11, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 11, 2014.
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