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US 7,121,062 B2Granted
Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, having a container handling machine with interchangeable receptacles for the container mouth
AssigneeKHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG
InventorVolker Till
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Abstract
A container handling machine for containers, such as bottles, with a carousel that rotates around a vertical axis, with handling stations located at appropriate intervals for the handling of the containers, whereby the handling stations are located in a space that is essentially enclosed and is pressurized with a controlled atmosphere and having rotating portions of the space and non-rotating portions that are stationary with respect to the rotating portions, with receptacles (12) for holding the containers corresponding to each handling station, whereby these receptacles (12) are interchangeable.
Claims20
A container handling machine for handling containers, said container handling machine comprising:
- a rotatable carousel being configured and disposed to rotate about a vertical axis;
- a stationary structure being disposed adjacent to and about a substantial portion of said carousel;
- said rotatable carousel and said stationary structure being configured and disposed to together form a ring-shaped chamber;
- a pressurizing device being configured and disposed to pressurize said chamber with a pressurizing gas;
- a plurality of container handling structures being disposed on and about the periphery of said carousel;
- said container handling structures comprising interchangeable receptacles being configured to receive and hold containers;
- said container handling structures comprising recess structures to receive and hold said interchangeable receptacles;
- said interchangeable receptacles comprising at least a first type of interchangeable receptacles and a second type of interchangeable receptacles, wherein said first type of interchangeable receptacles are configured to receive a first type of containers and said second type of interchangeable receptacles are configured to receive a second type of containers;
- said interchangeable receptacles being interchangeable to permit handling of different types of containers by said container handling machine;
- said interchangeable receptacles being disposed to hold the top portion of containers in said chamber to minimize contamination of the contents of the containers during handling by said container handling machine;
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- said recess structures being pivotable to permit pivoting movement of said interchangeable receptacles.
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A container handling machine for handling containers, said container handling machine comprising:
- a rotatable carousel being configured and disposed to rotate about a vertical axis;
- a stationary structure being disposed adjacent to and about a substantial portion of said carousel;
- said rotatable carousel and said stationary structure being configured and disposed to together form a ring-shaped chamber;
- a pressurizing device being configured and disposed to pressurize said chamber with a pressurizing gas;
- a plurality of container handling structures being disposed on and about the periphery of said carousel;
- said container handling structures comprising receptacles being configured to receive and hold containers;
- said receptacles being disposed to hold the top portion of containers in said chamber to minimize contamination of the contents of the containers during handling by said container handling machine;
- a plurality of interchangeable receptacle inserts being configured to be inserted into said receptacles to modify the receptacles to permit handling of different types of containers by said container handling machine;
- said container handling structures comprising recess structures to which said receptacles are connected;
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- said recess structures being pivotable to permit pivoting movement of said receptacles.
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A container handling machine for handling containers, said container handling machine comprising:
- a rotatable carousel being configured and disposed to rotate about a vertical axis;
- a stationary structure being disposed adjacent to and about a substantial portion of said carousel;
- said rotatable carousel and said stationary structure being configured and disposed to together form a ring-shaped chamber;
- said chamber being configured and disposed to substantially enclose solely the top portions of containers;
- a pressurizing device being configured and disposed to pressurize said chamber with a pressurizing gas;
- a plurality of container handling structures being disposed on and about the periphery of said carousel;
- said container handling structures comprising receptacles being configured to receive and hold containers;
- said receptacles being disposed to hold the top portion of containers in said chamber to minimize contamination of the contents of the containers during handling by said container handling machine;
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- a plurality of interchangeable receptacle inserts being configured to be inserted into said receptacles to modify the receptacles to permit handling of different types of containers by said container handling machine.
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