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Method and device for buffering containers in a container treatment plant

US12269693B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Konrad Senn · Regensburg, DE
Stefan Elsperger · Stucksdorf, DE
Helmut Schuesslburner · Straubing, DE
Torsten Kilgenstein · Dresden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2021
Grant date	Apr 8, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G2201/0247
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for buffering containers in a container treatment plant. According thereto, containers are put into storage in a grouped manner in single file on at least one input conveyor belt, are moved in single file on a transversely adjoining buffering surface of shuttles, guided and driven individually on rails, having row pushers, in a buffering direction extending transversely to the input direction, and are taken out of storage on at least one output conveyor belt. Since, furthermore, containers are taken out of storage from the buffering surface by branching conveyor belts integrated in the buffering surface, transversely to the buffering direction and independently of the input conveyor belt and output conveyor belt, and/or are put into storage on the buffering surface, it is possible for container flows to be distributed flexibly and combined on the buffering surface.

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