Device and method for the controlled orientation and/or controlled rotation of containers

US10035620B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Norman Pau · Kleve, DE
• Thomas Nitsch · Kleve, DE
• Thomas Lelie · Kleve, DE
• Josef Düpper · Kleve, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2018
• Expiry date: May 13, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0244
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container-orienting device includes container-holder groups, each having rotatable container-holders separated from each other by at least one rotatable container-holder from another container-holder group such that no two rotatable container-holders from a particular container-holder group are next to each other. The device also has a plurality of drives, each of which rotates only container holders from a corresponding container-holder group. The container holders are organized into container-holder sequences, each of which comprises equal numbers of container holders from different container-holder groups arranged in a particular order. These sequences following one another along the conveying direction.