Closing machine

US9745183B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Timo Jakob · Framersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 8, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2003/228
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Closing machine for closing bottles or similar containers (2) using closures (3, 3a), having a plurality of closing stations (11) which each have a closing tool (12, 14) and a container carrier and are formed on the circumference of a rotor (4), which can be driven in circulation around a vertical machine axis (MA), wherein the rotor (4) has formed on it, in the region of the closing stations (11), a sterile chamber (5) which is bounded in the direction of the surroundings by walls or wall portions (6, 7, 8, 9) and into which the containers (2), which are retained in a hanging state on the container carriers, extend by way of their container mouth (2.1) which is to be closed, and wherein the respective closing tool (12, 14) extends into the sterile chamber (5) merely by way of a part which interacts with the container (2) which is to be closed and/or with the closure (3, 3a), all the rest of its functional elements being arranged outside the sterile chamber (5).