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AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsJürgen Beutl, Andreas Seidl, Florian Geltinger, Carsten Schröter
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An apparatus for the conveying of plastics material pre-forms along a preset conveying path with a first guide rail for guiding the plastics material pre-forms, with a second guide rail for guiding the plastics material pre-forms, wherein the plastics material pre-forms are capable of being guided between the guide rails and the guide rails have in each case first support faces which extend along the conveying path and which support the plastics material pre-forms during the conveying thereof. According to the invention the apparatus has a stressing device for acting upon the plastics material pre-forms with a gaseous medium, which stressing device is designed in such a way that the plastics material pre-forms are conveyed along their conveying path by being acted upon with the gaseous medium, and wherein a geometrical position of the guide rails is capable of being altered with respect to each other.
An apparatus (1) for the conveying of plastics material pre-forms (10) along a pre-set conveying path (P) with a first guide rail (2) for guiding the plastics material pre-forms (10), with a second guide rail (4) for guiding the plastics material pre-forms (10), wherein the plastics material pre-forms (10) are capable of being guided between the guide rails (2, 4) and the guide rails (2, 4) have in each case first support faces (12, 14) which extend along the conveying path (P) and which support the plastics material pre-forms (10) during the conveying thereof, wherein the apparatus (1) has a stressing device (42, 44) for acting upon the plastics material pre-forms (10) with a gaseous medium, which stressing device (42, 44) is designed in such a way that the plastics material pre-forms are conveyed along their conveying path by being acted upon with the gaseous medium, and wherein a geometrical position of the guide rails is capable of being altered with respect to each other.
A guide rail (2, 4) for the conveying of plastics material pre-forms (10), wherein the guide rail (2, 4) extends along a pre-set longitudinal direction and wherein the guide rail has a first support face (12) which likewise extends along the pre-set longitudinal direction and by means of which the plastics material pre-form (10) is capable of being supported during the conveying thereof, wherein the guide rail (2, 4) has a second support face (14, 16) which extends along the pre-set longitudinal direction and by means of which the plastics material pre-form (10) is capable of being supported during the conveying thereof, and wherein the two support faces (12, 14, 16) are formed on the guide rail (2, 4) in such a way that the plastics material pre-form is capable of being optionally supported by the first support face (12) or the second support face (14, 16) during its conveying.
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