Beverage bottling plant and a conveyor arrangement for transporting packages

US6973767B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Wagner · Xanten, DE
• Hans-Peter Kuhlmann · Xanten, DE
• Hans-Gerd Ripkens · Goch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 2004
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2005
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/244
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles and like containers with a liquid beverage filling material and a conveyer arrangement for aligning and distributing packages containing filled bottles and like containers. The conveyer arrangement permits rotation of a package upon traveling from the conveyer input to the conveyer output.