Device and method for laterally guiding containers
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorSebastian Pieters
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Abstract
A container-guiding apparatus for guiding containers along an arcuate path includes a concave guide-region and a guide belt that forms a resting region for containers to laterally guide containers along the path. The guide belt, which is driven to endlessly circulate, applies feed forces to the containers to force them along the transport direction.
Claims19
1-17. (canceled)
An apparatus for guiding a container along a path, wherein said path comprises an arcuate container-transport path, wherein said apparatus comprises a guide region and a guide belt, wherein said guide region is a concave guide-region, wherein said guide belt forms a resting region for said container in said guide region to laterally guide said container along said path, and wherein said guide belt is driven to endlessly circulate so as to apply, to said container, a feed force acting in a transport direction.
A method comprising guiding a container along a concave guide region of an arcuate container-transport path, wherein guiding said container comprises causing said container to lay against a guide belt that is driven to endlessly circulate along said arcuate container-transport path and, using said guide belt, applying feed forces to said container, said feed forces acting in a transport direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.