Closure head for container closure machines and container closure machine
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorMatthias Naaber
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Abstract
The invention relates to a closure head for container closure machines (1) for closing bottles or similar containers with closures, having a head part, having a receptacle formed on a head part and open on the bottom of the closure head and the head part for one closure each, wherein the receptacle forms at least one radial and at least one axial contact surface relative to an axis of the receptacle for the closure received in the receptacle, and wherein the radial contact surface for at least force-fit retaining of the closure in the receptacle is formed of at least one displaceable segment displaceable at least radially to the axis of the receptacle at least in the area of the radial contact surface.
Claims19
An apparatus for closing containers with closures, said apparatus comprising a closure head, said closure head including:
- a head piece forming a receptacle for holding a closure therein, the receptacle being formed on the head piece and open on an underside of the closure head and head piece,
- wherein the receptacle, in relation to an axis thereof, forms at least one radial contact surface and at least one axial contact surface for the closure held in the receptacle,
- wherein the radial contact surface, for at least a force fit holding of the closure in the receptacle, is formed at least partly by at least a first moveable segment that, at least in an area of the radial contact surface, is mobile at least radial to the axis of the receptacle,
- wherein the axial contact surface is provided at least partly on at least the first moveable segment, and
- wherein at least the first moveable segment is guided or mounted on a closure head base such that a pressure force exerted on the at least one axial contact surface causes a clamping force of the movable segment, the clamping force acting radially inward in relation to the axis of the receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.