Rotary apparatus and method for sealing a rotary apparatus
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMarkus SCHOENFELDER, Franz BRAUN
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Abstract
The invention relates, inter alia, to a rotary apparatus for a container processing plant. The rotary apparatus comprises a support frame having a cut-out and an annular lubricant channel surrounding the cut-out. The rotary apparatus comprises a rotor plate which is arranged in the cut-out such as to be rotatable relative to the support frame and which has an annular collar which extends into the lubricant channel from above.
Claims20
A rotary apparatus, for a container processing plant, wherein the rotary apparatus comprises:
- a support frame having a cut-out and an annular lubricant channel surrounding the cut-out;
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- a rotor plate which is arranged in the cut-out such as to be rotatable relative to the support frame and has an annular collar which extends into the lubricant channel from above.
A method for sealing a rotary apparatus, or a rotary closing apparatus or a rotary can closing apparatus, wherein the method comprises:
- blocking a fluid path through a gap between a rotor plate of the rotary apparatus and a support frame of the rotary apparatus by an annular collar of the rotor plate which extends into an annular lubricant channel of the support frame filled with lubricant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.