Global Patent Index - EP 1357082 B1

EP 1357082 B1 20040811 - An apparatus for preparing the bottles to be labelled in a bottling plant

Title (en)

An apparatus for preparing the bottles to be labelled in a bottling plant

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zum Vorbereiten von zu etikettierenden Flaschen in einer Abfüllanlage

Title (fr)

Dispositif pour préparer des bouteilles à leur étiquetage dans une installation d'embouteillage

Publication

EP 1357082 B1 20040811 (EN)

Application

EP 02425269 A 20020426

Priority

EP 02425269 A 20020426

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1357082A1] The present invention concerns an apparatus (1) for use in a bottling plant in order to prepare bottles previously filled and corked (capped) to labelling. The apparatus comprises at least a station (200) for heating the bottles (3), a station (100) for washing the bottles (3), a station (400) for drying the bottles (3) and a conveyor line (15, 17, 21) on which the bottles (3) are conveyed in alignment and in upright position through the stations of the apparatus (1). The apparatus (1) preferably also comprises a rinsing station (300) located between the heating station (200) and the drying station (400) in the advancing direction of the bottles. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B67C 7/00

IPC 8 full level

B65C 9/00 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65C 9/0015 (2013.01); B67C 7/00 (2013.01); B65C 2009/0059 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1357082 A1 20031029; EP 1357082 B1 20040811; AT E273236 T1 20040815; DE 60200934 D1 20040916; DE 60200934 T2 20050901; ES 2224043 T3 20050301

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 02425269 A 20020426; AT 02425269 T 20020426; DE 60200934 T 20020426; ES 02425269 T 20020426