Device for processing containers with container alignment

US9403668B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Klarl · Thalmässing, DE
• Stefan Roithmeier · Neutraubling, DE
• Erik Blochmann · Neutraubling, DE
• Sebastian Beulshausen · Regensburg, DE
• Reiner Gloetzl · Pentling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D1/00
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for production of drinks containers may include a forming device which transforms plastic preforms into plastic containers, a filling device which is arranged after the forming device in the transport direction of the plastic containers and fills the plastic containers with a fluid, and a transport device which transports the plastic containers individually from the forming device in the direction of the filling device along a prespecified transport path. The device includes, along the transport path, an alignment device which aligns the plastic containers at least partially in relation to a rotary position about their longitudinal axis.