Apparatus and methods for transporting molds
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsJochen Forsthoevel, Frank Winzinger
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Abstract
In a transport device for transporting containers, the transport device includes at least one transport unit movable along a curved track for transporting at least one container in response to a drive unit, the transport unit having a transport component mobile on the track and a receiver device for holding at least one container wherein the receiver device is constructed and arranged to be aligned in response and in relation to at least one movement force imparted upon the receiver device or the container as a result of movement of the transport unit.
Claims17
A transport device for transporting containers, the transport device comprising:
- at least one transport unit movable along a track for transporting at least one container in response to a drive unit, the transport unit having a transport component mobile on the track;
- and,
- a receiver device for holding at least one container wherein the receiver device is constructed and arranged to be aligned in response and in relation to at least one movement force imparted upon the receiver device or the container as a result of movement of the transport unit.
A method for transporting containers comprising:
- moving a transport unit for transporting at least one container along at least one track, wherein the transport unit moves in response to a drive unit, and wherein the transport unit has a transport component mobile on the track;
- and,
- holding the at least one container in a receiving unit;
- and,
- aligning the receiving unit in response at least one movement force imparted on the container or receiving unit, wherein the at least one movement force imparted on the container or receiving unit results from movement of the transport unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.