Bottle top cutter

摘要

There is disclosed herein a bottle top cutter adapted and constructed to be utilized to cleanly horizontally sever the neck portion and above of a thermoplastic bottle which may contain a liquid. The apparatus is especially designed to sever a thermoplastic bottle which has a neck portion previously heat sealed into flat confrontation surfaces over a relatively narrow band area which is horizontally disposed or transverse to the longitudinal axis of the thermoplastic bottle. The apparatus comprises a holder for the cutting means and may possess aligning means for the bottle whereby the said heat sealed neck portion is in relative abutment to a fixed stationary means. The device possesses a movable blade which is positioned to move horizontally through suitable mechanical manually operated linkage means. The said manually operated linkage means is designed to move the blade horizontally in the direction of the stationary means whereby the thermoplastic bottle is severed in the said manner.