Device for treating packaging means

US8978552B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Katrin Preckel · Gelsenkirchen, DE
• Manfred Pschichholz · Kamen, DE
• Frank Putzer · Hamburg, DE
• Markus Reiniger · Rheydt, DE
• Martin Schach · Bochum, DE
• Winfried Schlüter · Horstmar, DE
• Werner Vande Wynckel · Wolvertem, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0261
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for treating packaging means, such as bottles, cans or similar containers, comprising a device-internal transport section, on which the treatment of the packaging means is carried out on processing stations (8) in at least two process steps, and further comprising holding and centering elements, by means of which the packaging means (1) are held at least during the respective process step in an orientation on the device-internal transport system necessary for said process step and/or by means of which the packaging means are moved at least during one process step.