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Apparatus for closing a container with a container closure

US11912553B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2022
Grant dateFeb 27, 2024
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB67B3/2013
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for closing a container with a container closure, for example for closing a drinks container with a roll-on closure, a screw type closure, a press-on closure, a crown cap and/or a press-in closure, comprising a lifting unit which can be displaced in a longitudinal direction and which has a guide unit for predetermining a position of the lifting unit in the longitudinal direction and a closure receiving member which is connected to the lifting unit via a pretensioning device for retaining a container closure and for applying the container closure to a container opening of a container which is intended to be closed with a head pressure which is predetermined by the pretensioning device, and an adjustment apparatus for automatically adjusting the head pressure which is predetermined by the pretensioning device; it further relates to a closure member which comprises an above-mentioned apparatus.

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