Method and device for capping containers with container caps
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorJuergen Soellner
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Abstract
A device for capping a container with a container cap, for example in a beverage filling plant, includes an isolator for providing a defined atmosphere in the interior thereof; a capper for capping a container with a container cap, which capper is arranged in the isolator; and a cap production device for producing container caps from a hot melt, for example a plastics melt. The cap production device is arranged outside the isolator, and is interconnected with the isolator or is connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel in order to feed produced container caps to the capper.
Claims17
A device for capping a container with a container cap comprising:
- an isolator configured to provide a controlled atmosphere in an interior of the isolator;
- a capper disposed in the isolator and configured to cap the container with the container cap;
- a cap production device:
- disposed outside of the isolator,
- interconnected with the isolator or connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel;
- and
- configured to produce container caps from a melt and to feed produced container caps to the capper;
- and
- a device configured to sterilize the cap production device with a sterilizing gas comprising one or more nozzles configured to direct a gas stream of the sterilizing gas to at least a section of the cap production device, and further configured to contact the cap production device with the sterilizing gas during production of the container caps.
A method for capping a container with a container cap, comprising:
- generating a controlled atmosphere in an interior of an isolator;
- producing, in a cap production device, container caps from a melt, wherein the cap production device is disposed outside the isolator, and is interconnected with the isolator or connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel;
- sterilizing the cap production device, via one or more nozzles configured to direct a gas stream of a sterilizing gas to at least a section of the cap production device, by contacting at least one part of the cap production device with the sterilizing gas, wherein the at least one part of the cap production device is contacted with the sterilizing gas during production of the container caps;
- and
- transporting the container caps to a capper disposed in the isolator.
A method for capping a container with a container cap, comprising:
- generating a controlled atmosphere in an interior of an isolator;
- producing, in a cap production device, container caps from a melt, wherein the cap production device is disposed outside the isolator, and is connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel;
- sterilizing the cap production device, via one or more nozzles configured to direct a gas stream of a sterilizing gas to at least a section of the cap production device, by contacting at least one part of the cap production device with the sterilizing gas, wherein the at least one part of the cap production device is contacted with the sterilizing gas during production of the container caps;
- transporting the container caps to a capper disposed in the isolator;
- and
- applying the sterilizing gas to the cap transport tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.