| 摘要 |
<p>A cap removal (1) device comprises a body having opposed side walls (2, 3) extending between a first open end (7) and a second substantially closed end (5) formed by a curved end wall (6), an internal aperture (8) extending from said open end (7) towards said closed end (5). A flange (12) extends inwardly from a bottom edge of said side walls (2, 3) and curved end wall (6) so as to define a slot (11) in the bottom (10) of the device which is narrower than said internal aperture (8) and which extends from said open end (7) towards said closed end (5) of the device. The width of the slot (11) is sufficient to allow the mouth of a container such as a test tube or the like easily to pass therethrough but no a cap attached thereto. A cap may therefore enter said aperture (8) through said open end (7) of the device with the neck of the container extending though said slot (11), and moved all the way to the closed end (5), where the container may be removed by relative movement of the device axially away from the container, such movement engaging the cap into a capture region (15) formed proximate to the closed end, the flange (12) engaging a lower edge of the cap so as to retain it within said aperture.</p> |
