EP 4172100 A1 20230503 - CONTAINER-HANDLING APPARATUS
Title (en)
CONTAINER-HANDLING APPARATUS
Title (de)
BEHÄLTERBEHANDLUNGSVORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
APPAREIL DE MANIPULATION DE CONTENANTS
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 102020116779 A 20200625
- EP 2021066013 W 20210615
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2021259693A1] The invention relates to a container-handling apparatus, in particular a filling machine for filling cans or similar containers (2) with liquid contents along a container-handling path (BS) running in a handling direction (A). The container-handling apparatus comprises: a first transporter (5) designed as a container infeed; a rotor (3) which is arranged downstream in the handing direction, rotates around a machine axis (A) and has a plurality of handling positions (BP) for handling the containers; and also a second transporter (6) which is in turn arranged downstream of the rotor in the handling direction and is designed as a container outfeed. The second transporter is designed here as a chain conveyor, which has at least one guide finger (50) at a conveying means (6.1) driven such that it revolves endlessly, which guide finger is entrained by the conveying means and has a first and a second guide portion (51, 52), which receives the as yet unsealed containers handled at the plurality of treatment positions of the rotor, and is designed to guide the containers by way of the first guide portion (51) in the handling direction (A) initially along a first, at least partially curved transport path portion (TSA1) of the second transporter (6), continuously in contact with a guide rail, before the guide finger (50) by means of its second guide portion (52) then conveys the container in question in the handling direction on a straight, second transport path portion (TSA2) along the container treatment path.
IPC 8 full level
B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B65G 17/066 (2013.01 - US); B67C 7/0046 (2013.01 - EP US); B67C 2003/2657 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2021259693A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DE 102020116779 A1 20211230; EP 4172100 A1 20230503; US 2023183051 A1 20230615; WO 2021259693 A1 20211230
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 102020116779 A 20200625; EP 2021066013 W 20210615; EP 21735860 A 20210615; US 202117925656 A 20210615