Diverting Device for Diverting Containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorGünter Winkler
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Abstract
Diverting device for diverting containers, for example bottles, from a transport path, the diverting device including a stationary frame that is disposed next to the transport path and in which at least two movably formed diverting segments are disposed perpendicularly to the central axis of the transport path, the diverting segments being suitable to divert a container from the transport path. Each of the diverting segments includes a diverting surface that is parallel to the transport direction of the containers in the transport path and that can come in contact with a container to be diverted.
Claims19
A diverting device for diverting containers from a transport path, comprising a stationary frame disposed next to the transport path and in which at least two diverting segments, which are formed movably in a direction perpendicular to the central axis of the transport path, are disposed, the diverting segments adopted to divert a container from the transport path, each of the diverting segments including a diverting surface that is parallel to the transport direction of the containers in the transport path and is selectively brought into contact with a container to be diverted.
A method for diverting of containers, from a transport path by means of at least two flexible diverting segments that are disposed in a stationary frame, comprising moving the diverting segments perpendicularly to the transport path to divert a container perpendicularly to the transport path, the diverting segments contacting the container to be diverted during diverting with a diverting surface, which is located in parallel to the transport direction of the containers in the transport path, thereby diverting the container.
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