Device and method for closing filled containers with a screw cap
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsBruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder
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Abstract
A device for closing a filled container with a screw cap, for example, for closing support ring-less bottles with a screw cap, is described. The device includes a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element for accommodation of a neck section of the filled container in a torsion-protected manner during the closing with the screw cap, and a discharge element for discharging the closed container from the neck guide. The neck guide and the discharge element are displaceable relative to each other.
Claims20
A device for closing a filled container with a screw cap, comprising:
- a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element for accommodation of a neck section of the filled container during the closing with the screw cap;
- and
- a discharge element for discharging a closed container from the neck guide, wherein the neck guide and the discharge element are displaceable relative to each other.
A method for closing a container, comprising:
- providing a device for closing the container, wherein the device comprises:
- a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element for accommodation of a neck section of the container during the closing with the screw cap;
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- a discharge element for discharging a closed container from the neck guide,
- placing the container on the at least one torsion protection element;
- closing the container with a screw cap;
- engaging the discharge element with the closed container;
- and
- displacing the discharge element relative to the neck guide to lift the closed container from the at least one torsion protection element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.