Container closing or capping device for closing containers, such as beverage bottles or similar containers

A rotary container closing device closing element configured to close containers in a rotary container closing device having a rotor configured to support and move closing elements, said closing element comprising:

• a closing portion being configured to apply closures to filled containers supported at a closing position of a rotary container closing device;
• at least one roller being configured to engage with and be guided in a vertical movement by a cam guide arrangement of a rotary container closing device upon movement of a rotor;
• at least one collecting device being detachably connected to said closing portion;
• said at least one collecting device comprising at least one securing section configured to essentially conform to or essentially match at least a portion of a curved outer surface of a corresponding closing element to permit installation of said at least one collecting device at a corresponding closing position;
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• said at least one collecting device comprising a shell-like shape or basin-like shape and being disposed below said at least one roller to permit said at least one collecting device to catch and hold cam lubricant displaced out from between a cam guide arrangement and said at least one roller and into said at least one collecting device upon rotation of a rotor.

A method of operating a rotary container closing device to close containers comprising beverage bottles or similar containers filled with a liquid beverage or liquid filling material, said container closing device comprising a rotor and closing elements being disposed at closing positions about the circumference of said rotor, said method comprising the steps of:

• rotating said rotor about a vertical axis of rotation to move said closing elements and filled containers;
• moving at least one roller of each of said closing elements and engaging said at least one roller with a cam arrangement;
• guiding said at least one roller with said cam arrangement and thereby moving said closing elements in a vertical movement;
• applying, with said closing elements, closures to filled containers supported at said closing positions;
• upon engagement of said cam guide arrangement and said at least one roller, displacing cam lubricant out from between said cam guide arrangement and said at least one roller;
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• catching and holding displaced cam lubricant in at least one collecting device disposed below said at least one roller and comprising a shell-like shape or basin-like shape and comprising at least one securing section configured to essentially conform to or essentially match at least a portion of a curved outer surface of a corresponding closing element.