Machine for making non-pilferable bottle caps

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR FINISHING CUP-LIKE METALLIC CLOSURES FOR BOTTLES OR OTHER CONTAINERS, THE CLOSURES HAVING EMBOSSED MATTER ON THEIR SKIRT PORTIONS, A STATIONARY CIRCULAR SUPPORT HAVING GEAR TEETH THROUGHOUT THE PERIPHERY, CONSTITUTING A SUN GEAR, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ADJACENT THE SUPPORT, A PLURALITY OF SPINDLES IN EQUALLY SPACED POSITION AROUND THE CARRIAGE AND MOUNTED FOR ROTATION THEREON, EACH OF THE SPINDLES CARRYING PINION TEETH, GEARING INTERCONNECTING EACH OF THE SPINDLES AND THE SUN GEAR, THE SPINDLES EACH HAVING AT THEIR FRONT ENDS AND PROJECTING OVER THE PERIPHERY OF THE SUPPORT AN EXPANSION MANDREL FOR CARRYING A CLOSURE, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE CARRIER TO CAUSE THE SPINDLES AND MANDRELS TO ROTATE AND TO MOVE IN A CIRCULAR PATH ADJACENT THE CIRCULAR SUPPORT, MEANS FOR FEEDING AND POSITIONING CLOSURES ON THE SUCCESSIVE MANDRELS AT A PREDETERMINED POINT IN THE CIRCULAR PATH OF THE MANDRELS, MEANS FOR CAUSING THE SUCCESSIVE MANDRELS TO ENGAGE AND SECURE THE RESPECTIVE CLOSURES THERETO SO THAT THE CLOSURES ROTATE WITH THE MANDRELS, A DIE MEMBER MOUNTED IN FIXED POSITION ON THE CIRCULAR SUPPORT, SAID MEMBER HAVING AN ARCUATE OUTER SURFACE FROM WHICH A SERIES OF CUTTING TEETH PROJECT INTO THE PATH OF THE SURFACES OF THE SUCCESSIVE CLOSURES AS THEY ARE CARRIED BY THE MANDRELS AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE CIRCULAR SUPPORT, THE INTERCONNECTING GEARING BEING ARRANGED TO ROTATE THE SPINDLES IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE MANDRELS IN THEIR CIRCULAR PATH AND CAUSING THE EXTREMITIES OF THE EMBOSSED MATTER TO BE SHAVED OFF, AND MEANS FOR DISENGAGING AND REMOVING THE CLOSURES FROM THE MANDRELS.