Device for holding a container, and closing device
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorMarkus Schoenfelder
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Abstract
A device for holding a container in a container handling device, for example for holding a bottle without a support ring while a screw closure or a press-on closure is applied, including a carrier and a first holding arm and a second holding arm, which are arranged on the carrier and are configured to hold the container, wherein the first holding arm and the second holding arm are arranged on the carrier in such a way that they can be moved between an open position for receiving and releasing the container and a closed position for holding the container, wherein, for movement between the closed position and the open position, the first holding arm and the second holding arm can each be pivoted about a pivoting axis and rotated about a rotation axis oriented transversely to the pivoting axis.
Claims19
A device for holding a container in a container handling device, comprising:
- a carrier;
- a first holding arm;
- and
- a second holding arm,
- wherein:
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm are configured to hold the container,
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm are arranged on the carrier so that the first holding arm and the second holding arm are movable between an open position for receiving and releasing the container and a closed position for holding the container,
- for movement between the closed position and the open position, the first holding arm and the second holding arm are each pivotable about a respective pivoting axis and each rotatable about a respective rotation axis oriented transversely to the respective pivoting axis,
- during movement of the first holding arm and the second holding arm out of the closed position into the open position, the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo only a rotary motion about their respective rotation axis in a first motion segment, and
- in a second motion segment following the first motion segment,
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo a pivoting motion about their respective pivoting axis, or
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo a pivoting motion about their respective pivoting axis and a further rotary motion about their respective rotation axis.
A closing device for closing a container with a container closure, comprising:
- a closing member configured to apply the container closure to the container;
- and
- a device for holding the container in a container handling device, comprising:
- a carrier;
- a first holding arm;
- and
- a second holding arm,
- wherein:
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm are configured to hold the container,
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm are arranged on the carrier so that the first holding arm and the second holding arm are movable between an open position for receiving and releasing the container and a closed position for holding the container,
- for movement between the closed position and the open position, the first holding arm and the second holding arm are each pivotable about a respective pivoting axis and each rotatable about a respective rotation axis oriented transversely to the respective pivoting axis,
- during movement of the first holding arm and the second holding arm out of the closed position into the open position, the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo only a rotary motion about their respective rotation axis in a first motion segment, and
- in a second motion segment following the first motion segment,
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo a pivoting motion about their respective pivoting axis, or
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo a pivoting motion about their respective pivoting axis and a further rotary motion about their respective rotation axis.
A device for holding a container in a container handling device, comprising:
- a carrier;
- a first holding arm;
- and
- a second holding arm,
- wherein:
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm are configured to hold the container,
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm are arranged on the carrier so that the first holding arm and the second holding arm are movable between an open position for receiving and releasing the container and a closed position for holding the container,
- for movement between the closed position and the open position, the first holding arm and the second holding arm are each pivotable about a respective pivoting axis and each rotatable about a respective rotation axis oriented transversely to the respective pivoting axis,
- during movement of the first holding arm and the second holding arm out of the closed position into the open position, the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo only a pivoting motion about their respective pivoting axis in a first motion segment, and
- in a second motion segment following the first motion segment,
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo a rotary motion about their respective rotation axis, or
- the first holding arm and the second holding arm undergo a rotary motion about their rotation axis and a further pivoting motion about their respective pivoting axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.