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EP 1087903 A1 20010404 - CAP OPENER

Title (en)

CAP OPENER

Title (de)

VERSCHLUSS-ÖFFNER

Title (fr)

DECAPSULEUR

Publication

EP 1087903 A1 20010404 (EN)

Application

EP 99931299 A 19990616

Priority

FI 9900525 W 19990616
FI U980310 U 19980617

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9965816A1] Cap opener comprising a plate-like body (1) and a gripping element (2) fitted to grip a bottle cap. The body (1) comprises as a substantially fixed part of it a plate-like circular sector of over 180 DEG , designed to be used as a token (3) in a shopping cart or equivalent.

IPC 1-7

B67B 7/16; B67B 7/18

IPC 8 full level

B67B 7/16 (2006.01); B67B 7/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B67B 7/16 (2013.01); B67B 7/18 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE DE DK ES FI FR IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9965816 A1 19991223; AT E279373 T1 20041015; AU 4785399 A 20000105; DE 69921132 D1 20041118; DE 69921132 T2 20060223; EP 1087903 A1 20010404; EP 1087903 B1 20041013; FI 3657 U1 19981009; FI U980310 U0 19980617

DOCDB simple family (application)

FI 9900525 W 19990616; AT 99931299 T 19990616; AU 4785399 A 19990616; DE 69921132 T 19990616; EP 99931299 A 19990616; FI U980310 U 19980617