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Rotor of a device for forming and/or filling containers made from preforms

US10077179B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Linke · Hamburg, DE
Michael Litzenberg · Geesthacht, DE
Niels Meyer · Schenefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2016
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29C2049/4664
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rotor of an apparatus for forming and/or filling containers made from preforms. The object of the invention is to propose a rotor of such an apparatus, that allows the preforms or the filled containers to be transferred with reduced forces to a processing station downstream. This object is achieved by a rotor 100 of such an apparatus having a rotational axis A and having processing stations that rotate about the rotational axis for receiving preforms or containers, wherein the processing stations move along a closed path 1 about the rotational axis A, which is characterized in that the distance of path 1 from the rotational axis A varies depending upon the position on path 1, and the radius of curvature of path 1 in at least one section 12 is greater than the greatest distance of path 1 from the rotational axis A.

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