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US 12,767,367 B2Granted
Handling apparatus and method for transporting and handling containers
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorThomas Nitsch
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AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorThomas Nitsch
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The invention relates to a handling apparatus for containers (I), in particular for beverage containers, having a transporting carousel, which can be driven in rotation about a central axis of rotation (D), and container mounts, which are arranged on the transporting carousel and are designed to transport containers (I) along a transporting route (T), which extends over a circumferential portion of the transporting carousel, wherein the container mounts can be driven in rotation at least along part of the transporting route (T), and wherein the container mounts are each assigned a braking device (IO). According to the invention, the respective braking device (IO) is designed to brake the rotation of the container mounts variably in a braking portion (B), which extends at least along part of the transporting route (T).
An apparatus comprising a handler for containers, said handler comprising a carousel that rotates about a central axis, container mounts arranged on said carousel to transport said containers along a transport route that extends along a portion of a circumference of said carousel, said container mounts being rotatable while traversing said portion of said circumference, and brakes, each of which applies a variable braking force that variably brakes rotation of a corresponding one of said mounts along a braking portion of said transport route, wherein each of said brakes is configured to cause said variable braking force to increase monotonically along said braking portion.
A method comprising delivering containers to a handler, arranging said containers on corresponding container mounts of said handler, using a carousel to move said containers along a transport route through said handler, while using said carousel to move said containers along said transport route, rotating said container mounts, and applying a variable braking force to each of said container mounts while said container mount traverses a braking portion of said transport route, said variable braking force being a force that increases monotonically along said braking portion of said transport route.
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