Method and device for capping containers with container caps
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorJuergen SOELLNER
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Abstract
A device for capping a container with a container cap, for example in a beverage filling plant, includes an isolator for providing a defined atmosphere in the interior thereof; a capper for capping a container with a container cap, which capper is arranged in the isolator; and a cap production device for producing container caps from a hot melt, for example a plastics melt. The cap production device is arranged outside the isolator, and is interconnected with the isolator or is connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel in order to feed produced container caps to the capper.
Claims20
A device for capping a container with a container cap comprising:
- an isolator configured to provide a controlled atmosphere in its interior;
- a capper disposed in the isolator and configured to cap the container with the container cap;
- and
- a cap production device:
- disposed outside of the isolator,
- interconnected with the isolator or connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel;
- and
- configured to produce container caps from a melt and to feed produced container caps to the capper.
A method for capping a container with a container cap, comprising:
- generating a controlled atmosphere in an interior of an isolator;
- producing, in a cap production device, container caps from a melt, wherein the cap production device is disposed outside the isolator, and is interconnected with the isolator or connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel;
- and
- transporting the container caps to a capper disposed in the isolator.
A method for capping a container with a container cap, comprising:
- generating a controlled atmosphere in an interior of an isolator;
- producing, in a cap production device, container caps from a melt, wherein the cap production device is disposed outside the isolator, and is connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel;
- transporting the container caps to a capper disposed in the isolator;
- and
- applying a sterilizing gas to the cap transport tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.