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A DEVICE FOR USE WITH ARTICLE TRANSFERRING APPARATUS TO ENGAGE AND LIFT BOTTLES COMPRISING: A SHELL HAVING A HOLLOW INTERIOR TO PROVIDE A CYLINDER WHICH IS OPEN AT THE BOTTOM, THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SHELL HAVING EXTERNAL SCREW THREADS THEREON, A FLEXIBLE HOSE CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID SHELL AND PROVIDING PASSAGEWAY FOR AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO THE TOP OF SAID CYLINDER, A PISTON IN SAID CYLINDER ADAPTED TO MOVE DOWNWARDLY UPON THE APPLICATION OF AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO THE TOP OF SAID CYLINDER, A CYLINDRICAL PLUG CENTERED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID PISTON THE LOWER EDGE OF WHICH PROVIDES CAM SURFACES, A MOUTHPIECE HAVING INTERNAL SCREW THREADS ENGAGING THE EXTERNAL SCREW THREADS ON THE LOWER END OF SAID SHELL AND PRESENTING AN ANNULAR SHELF TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHELL, A DISC SEATED ON SAID ANNULAR SHELF AND HELD AGAINST THE LOWER END OF SAID SHELL BY SAID MOUTHPIECE, A COIL SPRING HAVING ITS UPPER END IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID PISTON SURROUNDING SAID CYLINDRICAL PLUG AND HAVING ITS LOWER END IN CONTACT WITH SAID DISC AND BEING ADAPTED TO COMPRESS UPON THE APPLICATION OF AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO THE CYLINDER AND TO EXPAND TO MOVE THE PISTON UPWARDLY UPON THE RELEASE OF SAID AIR UNDER PRESSURE, AT LEAST THREE ELONGATED FINGERS, MEANS TO PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SAID FINGERS IN RADIAL SLOTS IN SAID DISC FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THEIR LOWER ENDS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER IN RADIAL PLANES, THE ENDS OF SAID FINGERS ABOVE SAID DISC HAVING CAM SURFACE THEREON ADAPTED TO BE CONTACTED BY THE CAM SURFACES ON SAID CYLINDRICAL PLUG UPON DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON TO SWING THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID FINGERS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND INTO CONTACT WITH THE NECK OF A BOTTLE OVER WHICH THE DEVICE IS SUSPENDED, AND A COIL SPRING WRAPPED AROUND ALL THREE FINGERS ABOVE SAID DISC TO NORMALLY URGE THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FINGERS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, WHEREBY THE LOWER ENDS ARE URGED AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER INTO BOTTLE RELEASING POSITIONS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR USE WITH ARTICLE TRANSFERRING APPARATUS TO ENGAGE AND LIFT BOTTLES COMPRISING: A SHELL HAVING A HOLLOW INTERIOR TO PROVIDE A CYLINDER WHICH IS OPEN AT THE BOTTOM, THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SHELL HAVING EXTERNAL SCREW THREADS THEREON, A FLEXIBLE HOSE CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID SHELL AND PROVIDING PASSAGEWAY FOR AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO THE TOP OF SAID CYLINDER, A PISTON IN SAID CYLINDER ADAPTED TO MOVE DOWNWARDLY UPON THE APPLICATION OF AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO THE TOP OF SAID CYLINDER, A CYLINDRICAL PLUG CENTERED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID PISTON THE LOWER EDGE OF WHICH PROVIDES CAM SURFACES, A MOUTHPIECE HAVING INTERNAL SCREW THREADS ENGAGING THE EXTERNAL SCREW THREADS ON THE LOWER END OF SAID SHELL AND PRESENTING AN ANNULAR SHELF TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHELL, A DISC SEATED ON SAID ANNULAR SHELF AND HELD AGAINST THE LOWER END OF SAID SHELL BY SAID MOUTHPIECE, A COIL SPRING HAVING ITS UPPER END IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID PISTON SURROUNDING SAID CYLINDRICAL PLUG AND HAVING ITS LOWER END IN CONTACT WITH SAID DISC AND BEING ADAPTED TO COMPRESS UPON THE APPLICATION OF AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO THE CYLINDER AND TO EXPAND TO MOVE THE PISTON UPWARDLY UPON THE RELEASE OF SAID AIR UNDER PRESSURE, AT LEAST THREE ELONGATED FINGERS, MEANS TO PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SAID FINGERS IN RADIAL SLOTS IN SAID DISC FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THEIR LOWER ENDS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER IN RADIAL PLANES, THE ENDS OF SAID FINGERS ABOVE SAID DISC HAVING CAM SURFACE THEREON ADAPTED TO BE CONTACTED BY THE CAM SURFACES ON SAID CYLINDRICAL PLUG UPON DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON TO SWING THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID FINGERS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND INTO CONTACT WITH THE NECK OF A BOTTLE OVER WHICH THE DEVICE IS SUSPENDED, AND A COIL SPRING WRAPPED AROUND ALL THREE FINGERS ABOVE SAID DISC TO NORMALLY URGE THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FINGERS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, WHEREBY THE LOWER ENDS ARE URGED AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER INTO BOTTLE RELEASING POSITIONS.