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Capsule puncturing device

  • US 4,457,427 A
  • Filed: 09/14/1982
  • Issued: 07/03/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A card-type package for holding and puncturing elastic capsules and the like comprising:

  • (a) one or more layers of a flexible supporting sheet;

    (b) one or more elastic capsules attached thereto; and

    (c) puncturing means affixed to said sheet comprising(i) a cup-shaped guiding member having an inwardly-tapered interior lip, and which is shaped so as to admit at least a portion of said capsule into the interior space of said guiding member; and

    (ii) a pin axially aligned within the interior space of the guiding member so as to contact and pierce said admitted capsules, wherein said pin has a pointed end which is positioned at or below the plane formed by the lip of the cup-shaped guiding member, and whereby said interior lip directs said admitted portion of said capsule into contact with said pointed end.

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