Container treatment machine and method of treating containers
US9463591B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C2049/7878
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A container treatment machine with at least one gripper, which can be compulsorily transported along a predetermined transport section for handling a preform or container during transport and/or acceptance and/or delivery, and including, at a holder retaining at least two gripper claws, at least one controllable electric or magnetic drive for the gripper claws, where the gripper claws can be moved relative to each other in opening and closing directions and at least between defined gripping and release positions, and where each gripper claw can be individually separately actuated by the drive in the opening and/or closing direction relative to another gripper claw of the gripper. Alternately, both gripper claws can be actuated together in the same direction.
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