Centering cone for fixing an upright container
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorRudolf Fiegler
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Abstract
The present invention provides a centering cone for fixing a container, in particular a container standing on a centering plate, and for supplying clean air into the container through an air outlet of the centering cone so as to increase the internal pressure of the container. The air outlet is defined by a passage opening with a screen or by at least two individual passage openings.
Claims20
A centering cone for fixing a container, and for supplying clean air into the container through an air outlet of the centering cone so as to increase an internal pressure of the container,
- wherein
- the air outlet is defined by a passage opening with a screen, and wherein the screen has a mesh width in the range of 50 μm to 2000 μm, or
- the air outlet is defined by at least two individual passage openings, wherein the at least two individual passage openings are configured such that, when air flows simultaneously through each of the passage openings with a maximum volume flow limited by the shape of the passage openings, the sum of the volume flows will be greater than or equal to a predetermined minimum volume flow.
A centering cone for fixing a container standing on a centering plate, and for supplying clean air into the container through an air outlet of the centering cone so as to increase an internal pressure of the container,
- wherein
- the air outlet is defined by at least two individual passage openings, and
- the shape of each of the passage openings prevents foreign particles contained in the air flow from exiting the centering cone in the direction of the container.
A centering cone for fixing a container standing on a centering plate, and for supplying clean air into the container through an air outlet of the centering cone so as to increase an internal pressure of the container,
- wherein
- the air outlet is defined by at least two individual passage openings, and
- each of the passage openings has a minimum diameter, which is smaller than or equal to 4 mm, and is larger than or equal to 1 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.