Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090014281 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT IN CONTAINER PROCESSING MACHINES - A device for processing containers with a lip on container support units arranged at regular intervals on a support frame and having at least a container support and a container dish, with the distance from the container support unit to a conveyance plane being changed through variation of the overall height of the container support unit. Also, a method for labeling containers with a support ring, with multiple container support units arranged at regular intervals on the rotating support frame, the container support units having at least a container support and a container dish, with the containers being at least partially clamped between a container support unit and a centering bell during their conveyance through a processing track, and with the distance from a transport plane to the container support unit being varied by changing the overall height of the container support unit according to the size of the containers to be processed. | 01-15-2009 |
20090045350 | APPARATUS FOR STERILISING CONTAINERS - An apparatus ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090188629 | Apparatus for Applying Labels to Containers - The invention relates to an apparatus for applying labels to containers. In one embodiment according to the invention, the process of applying the labels to the container is carried out by means of a laser unit. In another embodiment according to the invention, a cutting unit is provided for the apparatus, which cutting unit likewise uses a laser and is arranged at least partially inside a cutting roller. In preferred embodiments, the complete application process, i.e. in particular including the bonding of the end sections of the label, is carried out by means of the laser unit. | 07-30-2009 |
20090288686 | CLEANING ASSEMBLY FOR CONTAINERS - A cleaning assembly for containers, particularly for bottles, having a conveying device on which the containers are arranged by means of a receptacle means. To economically and ecologically improve the cleaning assembly, the receptacle means contains a liquid-tight tubular for an individual cleaning of the containers. | 11-26-2009 |
20090323753 | Apparatus for Inscribing Containers - An apparatus for inscribing containers may include an inscription unit. The inscription unit may include a plurality of laser light sources and a plurality of light discharge bodies. The light discharge bodies may be arranged next to one another. The laser light sources may be solid-state lasers. Each light discharge body may be connected to a respective one of the laser light sources. The light discharge bodies may be configured to direct laser light from the laser light sources onto containers to be inscribed. | 12-31-2009 |
20100019414 | Method and Device for the Production of Plastic Packaging Containers - A method and a device for the manufacture of plastic packagings, the same being manufactured by stretch blowing a bottle-like preliminary packaging which is, after completion, treated by means of a laser and thus reshaped to the final packaging. Also, a plastic container manufactured according to this method and with this device. | 01-28-2010 |
20100031887 | Supply Device - A device for supplying a large number of consumer stations with a predetermined amount of a process medium, in particular a coating device for containers, has a supply line for the process medium and a connection at the consumer station. In order to make such a device simpler from the structural point of view and less expensive, a unit is used, which keeps a predetermined flow rate constant and which comprises a capillary path extending before each connection and dimensioned in accordance with the predetennined amount of process medium, and a unit which is associated with a plurality of connections and which is used for maintaining a defined flow velocity along the capillary path. | 02-11-2010 |
20100052224 | HEATING DEVICE FOR PLASTIC BLANKS - The invention relates to a method and a device for heating preforms of a thermoplastic material, the preforms, after having been heated, being subjected to a reshaping operation, and microwaves being applied to the preforms, at least during a portion of the period of heating, in a resonator. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054987 | ELECTRON BEAM STERILISATION FOR CONTAINERS - Method for sterilising containers ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100151100 | BEER FILTER - A filter device and a method for the filtration of beer, where, for an improved and simplified filtration, the filter includes a nonfiltrate chamber having a nonfiltrate inlet and a nonfiltrate outlet, wherein the nonfiltrate flows into the nonfiltrate chamber substantially tangentially to the walls thereof, and the bottom of the nonfiltrate chamber is constructed at least partially as a filter. The filter also includes a filtrate chamber underneath the bottom, and a filtrate outlet. | 06-17-2010 |
20100196570 | Spent Grain Bunker - The invention relates to a spent grain bunker and a purifying process, wherein the spent grain bunker comprises a housing and a delivery device located in a lower region of the housing, delivering the spent grain out of the spent grain bunker. In order to enable a greater brew cycle and heavily dewater the spent grain, which also can shorten the purifying time, at least one part of the housing is designed as a strainer surface in the lower region of the housing of the spent grain bunker. Thus, when draining the last sparge or drawing the final wort from the purifying tub, the spent grain can be removed into a spent grain bunker, and the remaining fluid can be extracted from the spent grain by a strainer surface in the spent grain bunker. | 08-05-2010 |
20100263988 | DYNAMIC STORAGE FOR OBJECTS - A dynamic storage for objects having an endless conveyor chain equipped with receptacles for the objects and having at least two contrarotating upper pulleys that are adjustable in height such that the conveyor chain forms two essentially vertical loops whose variable lengths are defined by the upper pulleys, the stationary lower pulleys rotating in essentially horizontal planes and being connected to the essentially vertical loops by curved guides for the conveyor chain. | 10-21-2010 |
20100276847 | Device for Stretch Blow Molding and Method for Producing Preforms - A device for the stretch blowing of plastic containers in a continuous single-stage process, having at least one injection rotor, with injection molds for preforms, which are fed via controlled valves from an extruder head and by way of a melt distributor from a central extruder, wherein the axis of the extruder is placed at least essentially in the axis of the injection pipe, and at least the extruder head and the melt distributor can be permanently and synchronously rotationally driven by the injection rotor. A method where, during the manufacture of each preform in the injection mold, injection molding phases and a compression molding or dwell pressure phase are combined and superimposed. | 11-04-2010 |
20110067730 | METHOD FOR CLEANING CONTAINERS AND CLEANING MACHINE - A method for cleaning containers, in particular bottles of glass or plastics, and a cleaning machine with at least one cleaning medium, with the containers cleaned at least in one station preferential for the cleaning result and/or in a procedure step with at least essentially chemical-free cleaning media. The cleaning medium is advantageously a granular material, in particular granular ice, carried under pressure with compressed air or compressed water. The cleaning machine suited for carrying out the method includes downstream of an unpacking and presoaking station, a pre-cleaning station with a high pressure water blasting pre-cleaning section, and subsequently an intensive cleaning station with at least one intensive cleaning section to which a pressure blasting system for chemical-free, granular material and a carrier medium are associated, and a disinfection station following the intensive cleaning station. | 03-24-2011 |
20110198768 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CONTAINER PREFORMS - A method for the manufacture of container preforms in which recycled plastic material is subjected to at least one heat treatment in a recycling machine before it is transferred to a preform machine, where at least a major portion of heat introduced into the plastic material during its heat treatment and storage is transferred from the recycling machine with the plastic material into the preform machine. In a plant embodied for carrying out the method, the recycling machine is coupled with the preform machine either directly or via at least one intermediate storage such that at least a major portion of heat introduced in the recycling machine during a heat treatment of the plastic material can be transferred with the plastic material into the preform machine. | 08-18-2011 |
20110219728 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A method for producing plastic containers includes feeding plastic preforms to a shaping unit, shaping the plastic preforms to plastic containers, and filling the plastic containers with a liquid. The method further includes closing the plastic containers with plastic closures, wherein the plastic closures are produced of a plastic material and are heated during the manufacturing process. | 09-15-2011 |
20110272861 | METHOD FOR PRE-TREATING PREFORMS AND BLOW MOLDING APPARATUS FOR PRE-TREATING AND BLOW MOLDING PREFORMS INTO CONTAINERS - A method for pre-treating preforms ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120080827 | Device for Forming Plastics Material Preforms into Plastics Material Containers with a Variable Output Rate - A device for forming plastics material preforms into plastics material containers includes a plurality of blowing stations, each comprising blow moulds, inside which preforms can be formed into containers. The device includes an admission arrangement to expose the preforms, for the forming thereof, to a free-flowing medium, and stretching rods to extend the preforms in the longitudinal direction thereof. The device includes a transport arrangement which transports the blowing stations with the preforms along a first predefined transport path, and a control arrangement which controls movement of the stretching rods and exposure of the preforms to the freeflowing medium so that predefined sub-steps of the forming process are carried out during transport of the preforms along the first path. Sub-steps of the forming process can be carried out irrespective of geometric position of the preforms along the first path, and an output rate of the device can thus be changed. | 04-05-2012 |
20120100238 | Blow Moulding Machine in a Modular Design - An apparatus for producing plastic containers includes a heating module that heats plastic preforms and a moulding module for moulding the preforms into containers. The heating module includes a first transport unit that transports the preforms during the heating and a first interface. The moulding module is downstream of the heating module in the transport direction and includes a blow moulding unit for applying a flowable medium onto the preforms for expansion thereof, a second transport unit that transports the preforms during the expansion, and a second interface. The first and second interfaces allow a mechanical connection and an electrical connection between the modules such that the moulding module may be disposed on the heating module and at least one further module integrated between the heating and moulding modules. The further module treats the preforms following the heating and prior to the moulding. | 04-26-2012 |
20120294760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF PACKAGING MEANS - A method of sterilizing packaging means ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130098253 | PRINTING DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS - A printing device for containers, such as bottles, cans or cups, with a screen to apply a screen print onto the containers, where a squeegee holding device that is guided by a continuous track holds an squeegee in such a way that while the printed image is being applied to the container, one end of the squeegee scrapes across the screen and forces ink through the screen onto one of the containers, and where the distance between the end of the squeegee and the squeegee holding device varies. Also, a container handling device, in the manner of a bottling plant, with such a printing device and a mechanical turret designed to guide the containers to a surface of the container contact device facing away from the squeegee. Also, a method for applying ink to containers in accordance with a screen printing principle. | 04-25-2013 |
20130168206 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTAINER FITTINGS - A device for the transfer of fittings, such as labels during container labelling, having at least two gripper units that are offset in the circumferential direction around a transfer axis of a transfer station whereby it is possible to activate each in a clocked manner, whereby each of said gripper units takes over, via a movement around the transfer axis generated via a drive, a fitting individually from a moving take-over position of a feeder and transfers it through the transfer station to a moving hand-over position that is offset in the circumferential direction of the transfer station, at least two of the gripper units are arranged such that they can be moved around the transfer axis relative to one another, and stationary drive motors are provided for the gripper units that can be moved relative to one another, with which drive motors individually periodically non-uniform movements of the gripper units can be generated in the circumferential direction within one rotation. According to the method, each gripper unit is driven within one full rotation in the transfer station, relative to another, in a periodically non-uniform manner. | 07-04-2013 |
20140116332 | Gluing Unit - The invention comprises a gluing unit, in particular for a labeling apparatus, comprising a glue roller ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140116333 | GLUE ROLLER FOR A LABELING APPARATUS - A glue roller for a labeling apparatus including a cylindrical jacket, the top and the bottom openings of which each have a lid plate arranged, where one of the lid plates comprises a gearing for connecting the glue roller with a drive motor, in particular a Hirth-type serration, and the other lid plate comprises one or more elements for connecting the glue roller with a mounting device of a labeling apparatus, and where the one or more elements is arranged on the side of the lid plate facing outwardly. | 05-01-2014 |
20140238613 | LABELING MACHINE - A labeling machine with a rotatably driven carousel in which drive shafts for pallet shafts being parallel to the axis of rotation are rotatable, and having shaft control for rotating the drive shafts in an oscillating manner via translating gear mechanisms that are drivable by roller levers co-acting with a stationary cam system, with each gear mechanism being entirely accommodated in a capsule casing together with a supply of lubricant and the capsule casing is defined in the carousel. | 08-28-2014 |
20150076939 | ROTARY MACHINE WITH DIRECT DRIVE - Rotary machine, in particular container treatment machine, including a rotating part which has several treatment stations, and a stationary part, the rotating part and the stationary part are embodied such that they together form the drive of the machine, the rotating part forming the rotor and the stationary part forming the stator of an electric motor. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079309 | COATING OF CONTAINERS USING PLASMA NOZZLES - A device used for plasma-enhanced coating of a container, e.g. a plastic bottle, and/or a container blank, e.g. a container preform, with at least one high-frequency source, at least one gas feed for feeding process gas, and at least one plasma source, e.g. a plasma nozzle. The plasma source has an inner electrode surrounded by a nozzle tube, the plasma source is adapted to be introduced in a container to be coated and configured such that it is able to generate a plasma under ambient pressure, e.g. in a pressure range of 800 to 1,200 hPA, and the plasma can be discharged from a nozzle tube end. The temperature of the generated plasma lies within the range of the ambient temperature, e.g. between 10 and 50 ° C. The nozzle tube of the plasma source includes a longitudinal nozzle tube element and a lateral nozzle tube element projecting laterally from the longitudinal nozzle tube element ( | 03-19-2015 |