Apparatus and method for automatically forming and filling containers, in particular water bottles

US9415989B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kaercher Futuretech GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Frank Weible · Tauberbischofsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2003/227
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for automatically forming and filling containers, such as water bottles. The apparatus has a plurality of workstations and a conveyer comprising container carriers. The workstations comprise an insertion station, a container forming station, a filling station, a closing station, and an ejection station. The insertion station feeds a container preform into a container carrier. The container forming station forms a container from the container preform. The filling station fills the formed container with a fluid. The closing station closes the filled container with a lid. The conveyer moves the container preform and the container from the insertion station via the container forming station, the filling station and the closing station to the ejection station. The container preform and the container formed from the preform may continuously reside in the container carrier along the whole process beginning with the insertion station and ending with the ejection station.