Handcranked strip Cap popper

Abstract

a Cap popper that allows popping caps as fast as you can turn a lever.

1 . A cap popping device, comprising:
 a housing;   a first element, rotatably mounted to said housing to rotate to a first position at least partly outside said housing, and a second position inside said housing, and having a cap roll holding surface located to hold a roll of caps, and having surfaces to establish a path for caps unrolled from said roll of caps, said first element having a hinging part which allows said first element to move between said first open position, and in said first open position which allows access to the cap roll holding surface that allows holding the caps, and said second position, said first element having first pressing surfaces;   a second element, located adjacent said first element, and forming second pressing surfaces opposite said first pressing surfaces on said second element;   a cam, which is rotated to both rotate the caps and automatically advance said roll, and also to move said second pressing surface to periodically hammer said caps between said first pressing surface and said second pressing surface.   
   
   
       2 . A device as in  claim 1 , further comprising a latch which latches said first element into said second closed position, and which allows releasing said first element from said closed position to put said first element into said second open position. 
   
   
       3 . A device as in  claim 2 , wherein said cam includes a handle located thereon, said handle facilitating rotating said cam from outside of said housing. 
   
   
       4 . A device as in  claim 1 , further comprising a spring element holding said second element, and wherein said cam rotates a part of said second element against a force of said spring into an open position, and quickly releases said second element to hammer said second element down against said first element. 
   
   
       5 . A method, comprising:
 mounting a roll of caps on a roller element;   moving said roll of caps to a position inside a housing; and   rotating a device which exploded said roll of caps serially exploded one after another, as fast as said device can be rotated.   
   
   
       6 . A method as in  claim 5 , wherein said caps are exploded by a moving hammer. 
   
   
       7 . A method as in  claim 5 , wherein the same device causes said caps to be removed from said roll, and also to be pressed between two hammer parts. 
   
   
       8 . A method as in  claim 5 , wherein said moving comprises rotating a hammer. 
   
   
       9 . A cap popping device, comprising:
 a housing;   a first element, mounted to said housing to move between a first position at least partly outside said housing, and a second position inside said housing, and having a cap roll holding surface located to hold a roll of caps, and having surfaces to establish a path for caps unrolled from said roll of caps;   first pressing surfaces, along said path;   second pressing surfaces, along said path; and   a handle that rotates to move said caps along said path, to open said first pressing surfaces relative to said second pressing surfaces, and then to hammer a cap on said cap roll between said first and second pressing surfaces, and then to move another cap to said area between first and second pressing surfaces and where said rotate of said handle also causes said hammer of said cap between said first and second pressing surfaces.   
   
   
       10 . A device as in  claim 9 , further comprising a hinging element, moving said first element between said first position, and in said first open position which allows access to the cap roll holding surface that allows holding the caps, and said second position. 
   
   
       11 . A device as in  claim 10  further comprising a cam, which is rotated to both rotate the caps and automatically advance said roll, and also to move said second pressing surface to periodically hammer said caps between said first pressing surface and said second pressing surface. 
   
   
       12 . A device as in  claim 11 , further comprising a spring element holding said second element, and wherein said cam rotates a part of said second element against a force of said spring into an open position, and quickly releases said second element to hammer said second element down against said first element. 
   
   
       13 . A device as in  claim 12 , further comprising a latch which latches said first element into said second closed position, and which allows releasing said first element from said closed position to put said first element into said second open position.