Method and machine for closing bottle with sterile caps

US7536839B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SIG Technology AG · CH

Inventors

• Berthold Kemper · Ahaus, DE
• Thomas Niehr · Bad Kreuznach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2006
• Grant date: May 26, 2009
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2007/0066
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

For closing bottles with sterile caps, the caps are placed in a non-sterile environment in a vertical arrangement and are supplied vertically to a first sterile area. The interior of the caps is arranged to be accessible horizontally. The caps are sterilized in the first sterile area and transferred to a second sterile area where the caps are placed onto bottles. Subsequently, the bottle is closed with the cap. The machine for sterile closing of bottles with caps has a sterilization device with an individualization device for picking up caps and a vertical transport path feeding the caps to the sterilization chamber. A placing device receives the caps from the sterilization device and places the caps onto bottles. A closing device closes the bottles with the cap placed thereon. The sterilization device, the placing device, and the closing device operate as synchronized modules of a linear machine.