Devices and Methods for Bending a Tab on a Container

摘要

A device to bend a tab on a container that is already filled and sealed. The device includes a brace for contacting against the tab and a number of lever arms arranged to extend around the tab from multiple different sides. The lever arms are configured to move between a first orientation that are spaced away from the tab, and a second orientation in contact with the tab. The lever arms are further configured to apply a force to the end of the tab to bend a second end upward away from a top side of the container.

主权项

1. A device for bending a tab that is attached to a sealed container, the device comprising:
a brace with a contact surface at a first end, the brace including an elongated axial length; a contact member that is movable along the axial length of the brace, the contact member comprising a circumferential tapered section; a support that is separate from each of the brace and the contact member and that extends around the brace; lever arms that are positioned around the brace that each includes an intermediate section that is pivotally attached to the support, each of the lever arms including a first end with an angled contact surface and an opposing second end with a bearing that contacts against the tapered section of the contact member, the first and second ends being on opposing sides of the intermediate section; the lever arms each configured to pivot about the intermediate section during movement of the contact member along the axial length of the brace between a first position with the first ends spaced radially away from the first end of the brace and a second position with the first ends in closer proximity to the first end of the brace.