Drive system for a container conveying section, and container conveying section comprising a drive system of said type
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorsAndreas Fahldieck, Ludwig Clüsserath
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Abstract
A container-conveying segment includes a driving conveyor and a driven conveyor that couple to each other at a handoff area at which containers are transferred from one to the other. The conveyors comprise star wheels that rotate in opposite directions about their respective vertical machine axes. The rotors interact with one another at the handoff area. A drive couples to the driving conveyor but not to the driven conveyor. The driving conveyor transfers torque to the driven conveyor at a torque-transfer area.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising a container-conveying segment comprising a drive, a driving conveyor, and a driven conveyor, wherein said driving conveyor comprises a driving-conveyor rotor that rotates about a driving-conveyor machine-axis and said driven conveyor comprises a driven-conveyor rotor that rotates about a driven-conveyor machine-axis, wherein said driven-conveyor machine-axis is vertical, wherein said driving-conveyor machine-axis is vertical, wherein said driving-conveyor comprises driving-conveyor container-receivers for holding and conveying containers in a conveying direction, wherein said driven-conveyor comprises driven-conveyor container-receivers for holding and conveying containers in a conveying direction, wherein said driving and driven conveyors interact with each other at a handoff area at which a container is transferred between said driven conveyor and said driving conveyor, wherein said driving-conveyor rotor and said driven-conveyor rotor rotate in opposite directions, wherein said drive drives said driving conveyor, wherein said driving conveyor drives said driven conveyor by torque transfer, and wherein said torque transfer occurs at a torque-transfer area, wherein said torque-transfer area comprises said handoff area.
An apparatus comprising a container-conveying segment comprising a drive, a driving conveyor, and a driven conveyor, wherein said driving conveyor comprises a driving-conveyor rotor that rotates about a driving-conveyor machine-axis and said driven conveyor comprises a driven-conveyor rotor that rotates about a driven-conveyor machine-axis, wherein said driven-conveyor machine-axis is vertical, wherein said driving-conveyor machine-axis is vertical, wherein said driving-conveyor comprises driving-conveyor container-receivers for holding and conveying containers in a conveying direction, wherein said driven-conveyor comprises driven-conveyor container-receivers for holding and conveying containers in a conveying direction, wherein said driving and driven conveyors interact with each other at a handoff area at which a container is transferred between said driven conveyor and said driving conveyor, wherein said driving-conveyor rotor and said driven-conveyor rotor rotate in opposite directions, wherein said drive drives said driving conveyor, wherein said driving conveyor drives said driven conveyor by torque transfer, and wherein said torque transfer occurs at a torque-transfer area, wherein said driving conveyor and said driven conveyor are conveyor stars, one of which is a rotor of a container-treatment machine and the other one of which either transfers a container into said container-treatment machine or receives a container from said container-treatment machine.
An apparatus comprising a container-conveying segment comprising a drive, a driving conveyor, and a driven conveyor, wherein said driving conveyor comprises a driving-conveyor rotor that rotates about a driving-conveyor machine-axis and said driven conveyor comprises a driven-conveyor rotor that rotates about a driven-conveyor machine-axis, wherein said driven-conveyor machine-axis is vertical, wherein said driving-conveyor machine-axis is vertical, wherein said driving-conveyor comprises driving-conveyor container-receivers for holding and conveying containers in a conveying direction, wherein said driven-conveyor comprises driven-conveyor container-receivers for holding and conveying containers in a conveying direction, wherein said driving and driven conveyors interact with each other at a handoff area at which a container is transferred between said driven conveyor and said driving conveyor, wherein said driving-conveyor rotor and said driven-conveyor rotor rotate in opposite directions, wherein said drive drives said driving conveyor, wherein said driving conveyor drives said driven conveyor by torque transfer, and wherein said torque transfer occurs at a torque-transfer area, wherein first magnets are configured as successive first groups of magnets and second magnets are configured as successive second groups of magnets, and wherein when said first and second groups are arranged such that when said first group faces said second group across said gap, corresponding magnets in said first and second groups expose opposite poles to each other.
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