Closing mechanism for a capping machine

US5150558A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Seitz Enzinger Noll Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventor

• Herbert Bernhard · Wolfsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 1991
• Grant date: Sep 29, 1992
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67B2201/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A closing mechanism for a capping machine for closing bottles via crown caps or similar closures. The closing mechanism is disposed over a bottle support and, in a vertical axis, can be lowered out of a starting position and returned thereto. A deformation member is provided for placing a closure upon the mouth of the bottle and for subsequently fixing the closure thereon via deformation of the closure while simultaneously pressing the closure against the mouth. A hold-down mechanism extends centrally through the deformation member and is spring-loaded via at least one spring. The hold-down mechanism is displaceable by a prescribed stroke in the vertical direction relative to a closure part that cooperates with the spring. For a CIP cleaning, openings are provided in the region of the hold-down surface for supplying and withdrawing a cleaning or rinsing fluid. At least one of these openings is connected via a channel that extends through the hold-down mechanism to a connector that is provided in the region of that end of the hold-down mechanism remote from the hold-down surface thereof.