公开(公告)号：US10245336B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US15082969

申请日：2016-03-28

申请人： GUALA PACK S.p.A.

发明人： Stefano Tamarindo

IPC分类号： B65B55/08 ,  A61L2/08 ,  B65B43/12 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B7/02 ,  B65B61/20 ,  B67C7/00

摘要： A system for handling the sterilization of thin-body, pouch-type, flexible containers (1), provides for applying sacrificial closures (200) to the pouches, loading the provisional closed pouches to be sterilized on a transport device (300) for collective transport, to performing the sterilization of the transport device (300) carrying the provisional closed pouches and, finally, separating, in a sterile chamber, the sacrificial closures (200) from the pouches, performing filling and applying an inviolable cap (100).

公开(公告)号：US10207909B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US15854317

申请日：2017-12-26

申请人： Campbell Soup Company

发明人： John Baranowski

IPC分类号： B67C3/26 ,  B65G21/22 ,  B65B3/32 ,  B67C3/20 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B65B39/14 ,  B65B43/60

摘要： Embodiments of the invention include apparatus for filling containers and related methods. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a rotary turret assembly rotatably coupled to a filler frame. The rotary turret assembly can include a rotary base and a plurality of hollow columns mounted on the rotary base and arranged in a circle. A plurality of piston assemblies can be configured to move up and down within the hollow columns. Each piston assembly can include a piston body and a top hat assembly configured to releasably engage the top of the piston body. The piston body and the top hat assembly can release from one another when a release lever is engaged. Rotation of the rotary column group causes the cam contact members of the piston assemblies to move over a surface of a cam track causing vertical movement of the top hat assemblies. Other embodiments are included herein.

公开(公告)号：US20180297792A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15939977

申请日：2018-03-29

申请人： Ferrum AG

发明人： Thomas TRIEBEL

IPC分类号： B65G47/86 ,  B67C7/00

摘要： A transport module for transporting a container from a container source to a container receiver, the transport module includes a transport route with a transporter, the transport route between a reception area and a transfer area. A first holder configured to receive and hold the container is arranged and configured at the transporter in such a manner, that the container is grasped by the first holder in the reception area and the container is suspendingly transported along the transport route from the reception area to the transfer area, carried by the first holder.

公开(公告)号：US20180222735A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15579919

申请日：2016-10-31

申请人： KRONES AG

发明人： Juergen SOELLNER ,  Franz BRAUN ,  Holger MUELLER ,  Bruno LANDLER

IPC分类号： B67C3/00 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B67C3/26 ,  B65G47/51

摘要： A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described. The device includes an isolator chamber in which the treatment of the containers takes place, and an outlet disposed beneath the isolator chamber for discharging fluids, wherein the outlet has a housing for receiving ejected containers and a suction device for extracting gases from the isolator chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20180170738A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15579907

申请日：2017-03-21

申请人： KORONES AG

发明人： Bruno LANDLER ,  Stefan POESCHL

IPC分类号： B67C3/24 ,  B67C7/00

CPC分类号： B67C3/242 ,  B29C49/4205 ,  B65G47/847 ,  B65G2201/0247 ,  B67C7/0013 ,  B67C7/0053

摘要： A device for transporting containers in a beverage filling plant is provided. The device has at least one first clamp, which can be pivoted between an open switching position and a closed switching position and is disposed in a pivoting plane, for holding a container of a first container size, and one second clamp, which can be pivoted between an open switching position and a closed switching position and is disposed in the pivoting plane, for holding a container of a second container size. A first control cam is provided for controlling the switching position of the first clamp and a second control cam is provided for controlling the switching position of the second clamp. The first control cam is disposed in a first control plane parallel to the pivoting plane, and the second control cam is disposed in a second control plane parallel to the pivoting plane. The first control plane and the second control plane are spaced apart from each other.

公开(公告)号：US20180093874A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15553161

申请日：2016-05-02

申请人： KHS Corpoplast GmbH

发明人： Michael LINKE ,  Michael LITZENBERG ,  Niels MEYER

IPC分类号： B67C7/00 ,  B67C3/00

CPC分类号： B67C7/0053 ,  B65B3/022 ,  B67C3/005 ,  B67C7/0046 ,  B67C2003/227

摘要： The present invention relates to an apparatus for filling and closing containers. The problem of the present invention is to develop an apparatus for filling and closing containers such that the risk of the apparatus being contaminated by spilled contents is effectively prevented. This problem is solved by an apparatus for filling and closing containers which comprises a first process wheel (1) for filling a container and a second process wheel (2) for closing a filled container and also a transfer device (3) for transferring the filled containers from the first process wheel (1) to the second process wheel (2). The transfer device (3) has a linear transfer route (4).

公开(公告)号：US09919817B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US14232413

申请日：2012-08-01

申请人： Atsushi Hayakawa ,  Yuiko Nakamura

发明人： Atsushi Hayakawa ,  Yuiko Nakamura

IPC分类号： B29C49/06 ,  B29C49/28 ,  B29C49/42 ,  B29C49/46 ,  B65B3/02 ,  B67C3/22 ,  B67C7/00

CPC分类号： B65B3/022 ,  B29C49/06 ,  B29C49/28 ,  B29C49/4252 ,  B29C2049/4682 ,  B67C7/0073 ,  B67C2003/227

摘要： Bottles are appropriately sterilized in an inline system. While continuously traveling preheated preforms (1), the preform is preliminarily heated, hydrogen peroxide mist (M) or gas is blasted to the preheated preform, the preform is heated to a temperature suitable for molding the preform, the preform is molded in a blow-molding mold (4), which is continuously traveling together with the preform, into a container (2), the container taken out of the mold is filled with drink while being continuously traveled and then applied with a lid to seal the container.

公开(公告)号：US20180029758A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15524814

申请日：2015-10-30

申请人： Henno Hensen

发明人： Henno Hensen ,  Adam Green

IPC分类号： B65D47/12 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B65D41/34 ,  B67C3/26

CPC分类号： B65D47/122 ,  B65B55/027 ,  B65B55/08 ,  B65D41/0414 ,  B65D41/325 ,  B65D41/3442 ,  B65D41/3447 ,  B65D75/5883 ,  B67C3/2642 ,  B67C7/0006 ,  B67C7/0073 ,  B67C2003/228 ,  B67C2003/2691

摘要： A closure device for a container for aseptically receiving a flowable product has a spout with a product filling duct extending axially between a first end and a second end. The closure device has a closure cap which can be mounted onto the spout. In the mounted state, the cap closes the second end of the product filling duct. The closure cap is connectable in axially positively locking fashion to the spout in two axially different positions. The first position is a position in which the closure cap is not fully mounted on the spout, and the second position is a position in which the closure cap is fully mounted on the spout. The closure cap can bear sealingly against the spout in the first position and in the second position to optimize sterility during the filling process.

公开(公告)号：US09873569B1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-23

申请号：US15205330

申请日：2016-07-08

申请人： KHS GmbH

发明人： Heinrich-Dieter Frohlich ,  Thomas Matheyka

IPC分类号： B65G21/10 ,  B65G41/00 ,  B65B3/04 ,  B65B43/52 ,  B08B9/08 ,  B65G15/00 ,  B65G37/02 ,  B67C3/22 ,  B67C3/30 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B65G37/00

CPC分类号： B67C3/30 ,  B08B9/0826 ,  B65B3/04 ,  B65B43/52 ,  B67C7/0026

摘要： A container-treatment machine includes a frame, transport devices for conveying containers, and intermediate conveyors. Treatment stations, some of which are treatment modules, are arranged between the first and second transport-devices. The intermediate conveyors convey containers to corresponding ones of the treatment stations. The intermediate conveyors extend transversely between the transport devices. Some of the treatment modules are held on the frame so as to be removable from operating positions thereof.

公开(公告)号：US09840404B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US14416721

申请日：2013-07-03

申请人： KRONES AG

发明人： Wolfgang Hausladen ,  Christian Stoiber ,  Wolfgang Hahn ,  Alexander Kaiser ,  Markus Zoelfl ,  Frank Winzinger ,  Stefan Raith

IPC分类号： B65B31/00 ,  B67C3/24 ,  B29C49/42 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B29C31/00 ,  B29C49/06 ,  B29L31/00

CPC分类号： B67C3/24 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B29C31/002 ,  B29C49/06 ,  B29C49/4205 ,  B29L2031/7158 ,  B67C7/0006 ,  B67C7/0053

摘要： A production system for producing and/or filling containers, including beverage bottles, includes modular processing units. Each of the modular processing units includes a stationary operating module configured to produce or process the containers and handling devices. The handling devices are configured to handle the containers between a container entry of the processing unit and a container exit of the processing unit and to position the containers in the operating module. The handling devices are configured such that the processing units are individually replaceable. Alternatively or additionally to this, at least two processing units of a same kind are provided to which the containers are specifically distributable.