Method and apparatus for forming a breakable connection between two portions of a closure cap

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING CUTS THROUGH THE TUBULAR DEFORMABLE METAL SKIRT OF A CLOSURE CAP COMPRISING SUPPORT MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT SURFACES SPACED APART WITH AN INDENTATION BETWEEN FOR SUPPORTING THE INTERIOR OF A SKIRT OF A CLOSURE CAP THEREACROSS, SAID FIRST SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING A RECTANGULAR PERIPHERAL EDGE ADJACENT SAID INDENTATION, TOOL MEANS MOVABLE TOWARD SAID SUPPORT MEANS, A WORK SURFACE ON SAID TOOL MEANS ADAPTED WHEN THE TOOL MEANS IS MOVED TOWARD THE SUPPORT MEANS TO ENGAGE A PORTION OF A SKIRT ON THE SUPPORT MEANS AND PRESS SAID PORTION INTO SAID INDENTATION, SAID WORK SURFACE HAVING A CONFIGURATION COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR EDGE ACROSS ONE SIDE AND TWO SPACED APART SURFACES EXTENDING GENERALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES THEREFROM WITH A CONCAVE INDENTATION BETWEEN EXTENDING ALMOST TO THE RECTANGULAR EDGE, SAID WORK SURFACE BEING ALIGNED SO THAT WHEN THE TOOL MEANS IS MOVED TOWARD THE SUPPORT MEANS TO ENGAGE AND PRESS A PORTION OF A SKIRT SUPPORTED ON THE SUPPORT MEANS INTO SAID INDENTATION, THE RECTANGULAR EDGE OF THE WORK SURFACE COOPERATES WITH SAID RECTANGULAR EDGE OF THE FIRST SUPPORT MEANS TO SHEAR SAID SKIRT ACROSS THE LATTER EDGE AND SAID TWO SPACED APART SURFACES AND RECTANGULAR EDGE OF THE WORK SURFACE PRESS A CORRESPONDING CONFIGURATION OF THE SKIRT INTO SAID INDENTATION, AND MEANS TO MOVE THE TOOL MEANS TOWARD THE SUPPORT MEANS A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FOR SAID WORK SURFACE TO PRESS A PORTION OF A SKIRT ON THE SUPPORT MEANS INTO SAID INDENTATION AND SHEAR THE SKIRT.