Device and method for closing filled containers with a screw cap
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsBruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder
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Abstract
A device for closing a filled container with a screw cap, for example, for closing support ring-less bottles with a screw cap, is described. The device includes a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element for accommodation of a neck section of the filled container in a torsion-protected manner during the closing with the screw cap, and a discharge element for discharging the closed container from the neck guide. The neck guide and the discharge element are displaceable relative to each other.
Claims20
A device for closing a filled container with a screw cap, comprising:
- a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element configured to accommodate a neck section of the filled container during the closing with the screw cap;
- and
- a discharge element configured to discharge a closed container from the neck guide,
- wherein:
- the neck guide and the discharge element are displaceable relative to each other,
- the discharge element comprises at least one lifting finger which is disposed below the at least one torsion protection element in a capping position and is disposed at least at substantially the same level as the at least one torsion protection element in a discharge position,
- the at least one lifting finger is configured to lift the closed container out of the at least one torsion protection element and is disposed in a complementary recess of the neck guide in the capping position, and
- the filled container comprises a bottle having no support ring.
A device for closing a filled container with a screw cap, comprising:
- a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element configured to accommodate a neck section of the filled container during the closing with the screw cap;
- and
- a discharge element configured to discharge a closed container from the neck guide,
- wherein:
- the neck guide and the discharge element are displaceable relative to each other,
- the discharge element comprises a plurality of lifting fingers which are disposed below the at least one torsion protection element in a capping position and are disposed at least at substantially the same level as the at least one torsion protection element in a discharge position, and
- the plurality of lifting fingers are configured to lift the closed container out of the at least one torsion protection element, and are disposed in complementary recesses of the neck guide in the capping position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.