公开(公告)号：US10773446B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15271084

申请日：2016-09-20

Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS S.A.S.

Inventor： Tim Bast ,  Roberto Zoni

IPC: B29C49/36 ,  B29C49/28 ,  B67C3/00 ,  B67C3/08 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B67C3/24 ,  B65C3/26 ,  B65C9/08 ,  B29C49/42 ,  B67C3/12 ,  B65C3/16 ,  B65C9/04 ,  B67C3/26 ,  B29C49/78 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B67C3/22

Abstract: An apparatus for producing plastic bottles comprising: a blow moulding machine including a blow moulding carousel being configured to transform a succession of plastic preforms into respective bottles; a filling machine including: a filling carousel, and a plurality of handling units; a labeling unit configured to feed a succession of labels to be attached to the respective bottles; and a conveying system configured to transfer the bottles within the apparatus. The labeling unit is arranged peripherally to the filling carousel and is configured to feed the labels to the handling units carrying the respective bottles while the handling units are advanced by the filling carousel. The conveying system includes a plurality of consecutive transport star wheels transferring the bottles in a continuous stream from the blow moulding carousel to the filling carousel.