66results about "Closing machines" patented technology

A device for providing sorted closure elements in the form of crown caps, having a space for bulk storage of the caps, a lifting conveyor in the form of a belt entering the space and including, on an outer face, a plurality of cleats oriented transversely and spaced in order to define a recess between a lower cleat and an upper cleat, wherein each recess collects a plurality of the caps as the recess passes through the storage space and is capable of sorting unbalanced caps present inside the recess. The lower edge of the upper cleat has a convex section opposite the belt. The sorting of the unbalanced caps is configured to cooperate with the movement of the lifting conveyor to cause the incorrectly oriented caps to fall.

To provide an apparatus and a method for fastening a container lid to a container in a beverage bottling plant.SOLUTION: There is provided an apparatus for fastening a container lid to a container, for example, in a beverage filling plant (1), the apparatus including: a separator (50) for providing a specified atmosphere therein; a lid fastener (30) for fastening a container lid to a container, the lid fastener (30) being disposed on the separator (50); and a lid making device (40) for making a container lid from a hot melt, e.g. a plastic melt, the lid making device being arranged outside the separator (50) and interconnected with the separator (50) or connected to the separator (50) via a lid transport tunnel (43) for feeding a manufactured container lid to the lid fastener (30).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

An aseptic apparatus (1) for filling and closing Aluminium or glass receptacles (100) with ROPP screw caps (101), the aseptic apparatus (1) comprising: - a filling unit (13) configured to inject a product within the receptacles (100); - a ROPP capping unit (10) arranged downstream the filling unit (13) and being configured to apply on the receptacles (100) the ROPP screw caps (101) already sterilized; - an isolator (11) delimiting a controlled-contamination environment (12), the filling unit (13) and the ROPP capping unit (10) being arranged inside the isolator (11).

Clamping device 1 that can be installed in a capping machine for substantially cylindrical caps, comprising prisms 5, 6, 7, 8 that are placed in contact with each other so as to create a cavity 22 in which a cap can be housed and are free to translate with respect to each other away from or towards an axis of symmetry X of the cavity 22, in order to clamp and / or compress the cap housed in said cavity 22, said clamping device 1 characterised in that a first and a second prism 5, 6 form a first pair 3 and a third and a fourth prism 7, 8 form a second pair 4 in which at least the first and / or second pair 3, 4 comprises guiding means 30, 40 configured to allow a linear type translation and to perform an at least one-directional, preferably bidirectional retention action of the prisms of each pair 3, 4 with respect to each other.

The present invention relates to a container treatment device (100) for treating containers, preferably for filling containers with a filling product and / or for closing containers filled with a filling product with a container closure, comprising a housing part (110) defining a treatment chamber (120) and an electrical and / or electronic component (500) for monitoring and / or illuminating a treatment module in the treatment chamber (120), wherein the electrical and / or electronic component (500) is arranged in a component receptacle (200) projecting through the housing part (110) into the treatment chamber (120).

The invention discloses a low-friction efficient conveying slide way device for bottle caps. The low-friction efficient conveying slide way device comprises a rack assembly, a rolling assembly and an air source assembly. The rack assembly comprises a rack base, a rack top cover, an inlet flange and an outlet flange; a conveying channel is formed between the rack base and the rack top cover; an inlet connecting channel is formed between the inlet flange and the rack base; the top of the inlet flange is connected with a main gas source pipeline, a main gas source channel is formed in the main gas source pipeline, one end of the main gas source channel forms a gas source connector, and the other end of the main gas source channel is communicated with the inlet connecting channel. An outlet connecting channel is formed between the outlet flange and the rack base, a bottle cap outlet is formed at one end of the outlet connecting channel, and the other end is communicated with the conveying channel; the rolling assembly is arranged at the bottom of the conveying channel; the gas source assembly comprises a gas supply pipeline and a gas supply device, and the gas supply pipeline is connected with the gas source connector and the gas supply device. According to the bottle cap conveying device, friction loss of bottle caps in the conveying process can be reduced, and the purpose of conveying the bottle caps at high speed and low loss is achieved.

The present invention provides a system and a method with which it is possible to easily recognize an abnormality that can occur in a partition wall used for aseptic filling, and thereby contributes to reduction in maintenance cost of an aseptic filling device and improvement in productivity.　This partition wall abnormality detection system comprises: an aseptic region in which discharge parts of filling valves are disposed; a non-aseptic region; at least one type of functional unit selected from among a plurality of closure devices, a plurality of filling valves, and a plurality of capping heads; and a medium supply part which is configured to be capable of supplying, to a plurality of the functional units, a detection medium used for detecting an abnormality related to a partition wall included in the functional unit. The enclosed space formed by the partition wall retains therein the detection medium supplied from the medium supply part in the case where there is no abnormality, and causes the detection medium to leak therefrom in the case where there is an abnormality.

The invention provides bottle cap transportation equipment which comprises a chassis, conveying wheels, a driving module, an overturning rod, a vacuum suction cup and a limiting plate, the chassis is fixedly arranged, a groove is formed in the upper surface of the chassis, a cap inlet is formed in the side wall of the groove of the chassis, the conveying wheels are rotationally arranged in the groove of the chassis, and a plurality of clamping grooves are formed in the outer edges of the conveying wheels at equal intervals; a cover outlet is formed in the position, corresponding to the outer edge of the conveying wheel, of the base plate, the limiting plate is fixed below the base plate, a limiting groove is formed in the limiting plate and comprises a first vertical section, a second arc-shaped section and a third vertical section from bottom to top, the radian of the second arc-shaped section is pi rad, one end of the overturning rod is arranged in the limiting groove, and the other end of the overturning rod is arranged in the limiting groove. The vacuum suction cup is arranged at the other end of the overturning rod, the overturning rod reciprocates in the limiting groove under the action of the driving module, and when the vacuum suction cup is located at the cap outlet, the opening faces the conveying wheel.

Device for blow molding and filling containers, in particular within the framework of a blow molding, filling and closing process, at least consisting of - a blow molding device (10) with a blow mandrel (12), - a filling device (14) with a filling tube (16), and - an actuating device (18) for moving the blow mold (10) and filling device (14), wherein the blow mandrel (12) is at least partially received in a mandrel holder (20) which has a sterile chamber (22) in which a protective device (24) is longitudinally guided by means of the actuating device (18), which in each travel position comprises parts of the filling tube (16) which has a fluid guide (26) for a filling material for filling the container.

The present invention discloses a bottle cap directional sorting and conveying device, which relates to the field of bottle cap sorting and conveying, and comprises a vibrating cap sorting plate, a directional sorting slide, a direction-adjusting sorting slide and a cover slide which are connected in sequence. After the vibrating cap sorting plate adjusts the orientation of the bottle caps to be consistent, the bottle caps are driven to move one by one along the directional sorting slide, the direction-adjusting sorting slide and the cover slide. The directional sorting slide is provided with a directional sorting piece for limiting the air guide hole seat of the bottle cap, so that the air guide hole seats of the bottle caps moving along the directional sorting slide are on the same side. The direction-adjusting sorting slide is turned over along its own width direction, and is provided with a support piece for supporting the air guide hole seat, so that the conveyed bottle caps are turned to a vertical state, and the far air guide hole seat sides of all the bottle caps are naturally drooped due to gravity. The cover slide is used to drive the bottle caps to continue to turn over, and the oriented and direction-adjusted bottle caps are conveyed to the capping place. The present application has the effects of reducing the defective product rate, eliminating production safety hazards, and saving resources.

A closing assembly for applying crown caps is provided. The closing assembly has a small footprint, is easily and quickly replaceable, and is apt to be installed on roto-translating capping heads mounted to capping machines that can handle both applications involving roto-translation of the capping heads and applications involving only translation of the capping heads. The capping machine has a gear system in which the driving sprocket can be rotatably adjusted so as to annul the rotational movement component of the capping heads around their axes and maintain solely the translational movement component, allowing correct operation of the closing assembly. The closing assembly (1) may have a remarkably small footprint by virtue of the use of two or more ejector springs that are concentric and parallel to each other.

The invention relates to a device (1) for applying a container closure to a container, for example for applying a can closure to a can, for example in a beverage filling device, comprising: an application unit (10) having a closure receptacle (11) for receiving a container closure; and an ejection unit (20), which can be moved relative to the application unit (10), for ejecting the container closure accommodated in the closure receptacle (11), wherein an ejection part (21), for example in the form of an ejection cover, for ejecting the container closure into physical contact with the container closure is arranged on the ejection unit (20) on the side thereof facing the closure receptacle (11), and wherein the ejection part (21) is detachably mounted on the ejection unit (20) via a quick coupling mechanism (30); the invention also relates to a capping machine (100) comprising said device (1).

The utility model relates to a device for blow molding and filling a container, in particular in the range of blow molding, filling and sealing methods. The device at least comprises a blow molding mechanism (10), a blow molding mechanism (20) and a blow molding mechanism (30), wherein the blow molding mechanism (10) is provided with a blow molding core rod (12); a filling mechanism (14) having a filling tube (16); and a handling mechanism (18) for moving the blow molding mechanism (10) and the filling mechanism (14); wherein the blow-molded mandrel (12) is at least partially accommodated in a mandrel holder (20) having a sterile chamber (22), in which a protection mechanism (24) is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner by means of the actuating mechanism (18), which protection mechanism comprises a part of the filling tube (16) in each displacement position, the filling tube has a first fluid guide (26) for a filling material to fill the container. The device disclosed by the utility model has the minimum risk on pollution of particles and / or microorganisms.

To provide a device for holding a container, which enables easy assembling and removal.SOLUTION: A device (12) for holding a container(14) for a container conveyance and / or container processing device (10) comprises a guide element (16), a container fitting tool (24), a first transmitter (18), a second transmitter (22) and a connector (20). The connector (20) includes at least one connection element. In the connection element, the connector (20) can move to a connection position where the first transmitter (18) and the second transmitter (22) are connected to each other in order to realize operation connection from the guide element (16) to the container fitting tool (24). The connector (20) can move to a releasing position where the first transmitter (18) and the second transmitter (22) are separated from each other for removal, and assembling and removal can be simplified.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention discloses a multi-column bottle cap packaging device, comprising a cap feeding mechanism, a cap wearing mechanism and a cap pressing and rotating mechanism sequentially arranged along the transmission direction of a bottle feeding track, the cap feeding mechanism comprising a bracket, a plurality of cap dropping tracks fixed on the bracket, and a sliding cover mechanism arranged at the entrance of the plurality of cap dropping tracks; the sliding cover mechanism comprises a sliding cover plate, and a cap blocking device and a gate device corresponding to each cap dropping track, the sliding cover plate comprises a sliding cover vertical plate, a sliding cover horizontal plate arranged on one side of the sliding cover vertical plate in the thickness direction, and a cover sliding plate arranged on the other side of the sliding cover vertical plate in the thickness direction, the sliding cover horizontal plate and the cover sliding plate have a first inclination angle with the horizontal direction, the sliding cover vertical plate has a second inclination angle with the vertical direction, a sliding cover channel is formed between the cover sliding plate and the sliding cover vertical plate, and a plurality of cap dropping openings corresponding to the plurality of cap dropping tracks are arranged on the cover sliding plate. The multi-column bottle cap packaging device provided by the present invention can realize the installation of multi-column bottle caps and improve production efficiency.

The present invention discloses a capping device, which includes an outer cylinder, an inlet guide device, a guide rail device, a capping plate and an outlet guide device. The outer cylinder is provided with a cylinder hole penetrating the upper end and the lower end surface of the outer cylinder. The inlet guide device includes a first inlet guide block, a second inlet guide block and a guide key. The first inlet guide block and the second inlet guide block are both inserted in the cylinder hole, and a bottle cap conveying channel is formed between the first inlet guide block and the second inlet guide block; the guide key is plug-connected with the outer cylinder, the guide rail device includes a first guide rail and a second guide rail located between the inlet guide device and the outlet guide device, and the first guide rail and the second guide rail are arranged in relative positions; the capping plate is located between the inlet guide device and the outlet guide device, and the outlet guide device is inserted in the cylinder hole. The present invention has the advantages of autonomously achieving the consistency of the bottle cap coming out direction, avoiding the problems of assembly errors and machine jamming. In addition, the present invention also has the advantages of simple structure, easy operation, and small and exquisite.

The present invention relates to a device (1) for applying a container closure to a container, for example for applying a can end to a can, for example in a beverage filling plant, comprising an application unit (10) with a closure receptacle (11) for receiving a container closure, and an ejector unit (20) movable relative to the application unit (10) for ejecting a container closure received in the closure receptacle (11). An ejector part (21), for example in the form of an ejector shield, is arranged on the ejector unit (20) on its side facing the closure receptacle (11) and comes into physical contact with the container closure for ejecting the container closure. The ejector part (21) is detachably attached to the ejector unit (20) via a quick-coupling mechanism (30). It further relates to a closer (100) comprising the device (1).

The present invention provides a system and a method with which it is possible to easily recognize an abnormality that can occur in a partition wall used for aseptic filling, and thereby contributes to reduction in maintenance cost of an aseptic filling device and improvement in productivity. This partition wall abnormality detection system comprises: an aseptic region in which discharge parts of filling valves are disposed; a non-aseptic region; at least one type of functional unit selected from among a plurality of closure devices, a plurality of filling valves, and a plurality of capping heads; and a medium supply part which is configured to be capable of supplying, to a plurality of the functional units, a detection medium used for detecting an abnormality related to a partition wall included in the functional unit. The enclosed space formed by the partition wall retains therein the detection medium supplied from the medium supply part in the case where there is no abnormality, and causes the detection medium to leak therefrom in the case where there is an abnormality.

The present disclosure relates to a closure for closing a container. In particular, the invention relates to a head (10) having a magnetic coupling (16) and an adjusting device (26) having a holding part (28), an adjusting part (44), a connecting part (36) and a locking part (46). An adjustment member (44) carries a first magnet ring (18) of the magnetic coupling (16). The connecting part (36) adjustably holds the adjusting part (44) on the holding part (28) to adjust the first magnet ring (18) relative to the second magnet ring (20) of the magnetic coupling (16) for adjusting the maximum closing torque. The connecting part (36) is elastically pretensioned for assuming a holding position in which the connecting part (36) connects the adjusting part (44) to the holding part (28) in a rotationally fixed manner. The locking part (46) is elastically pretensioned in order to assume a locking position, in which the locking part (46) blocks the connecting part (36) in the holding position.

The present invention relates to a container processing apparatus for processing containers, preferably for filling containers with contents, and / or for sealing containers filled with contents with a container sealing member. [Solution] The container processing apparatus (100) comprises a housing portion (110) that defines a processing chamber (120), and electrical and / or electronic components for monitoring and / or illuminating processing modules within the processing chamber (120), wherein the electrical and / or electronic components are arranged in a component housing portion (200) that penetrates the housing portion (110) and protrudes into the processing chamber (120).

The invention relates to a capping head (201) for applying a screw cap to a container, in which a torsionally rigid compensation joint (220) is provided between a connecting part (12) and a cap handling part (220) in order to eliminate the inquiescence of the guiding and supporting structure of a rotational translation shaft (13, 14, 15, 16) for applying a rotational translation movement to the cap for capping, the connecting part (12) transmits the movement generated by the driving system (10) to the cover processing part (11), and the cover processing part (11) performs the movement; the compensation joint (220) is adapted to perform relative movement of angular and parallel misalignment in order to compensate for angular and planar offset errors of the shafts (16, 14) connected to each other by the joint (220) with respect to the axis of the container. Preferably, the capping head (201) is suitable for operating a container located in a sterile space, and the driving system (10) and the connecting part (12) of the capping head (201) are located outside the sterile space.

A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.

The invention belongs to the technical field of cosmetic production, and particularly relates to a cosmetic cover body extracting device which is characterized in that an L-shaped plate is fixedly mounted above a supporting platform, a cover body detecting assembly is arranged on the L-shaped plate, a cover body collecting assembly is arranged on one side of the supporting platform, a cover body extracting assembly is arranged on one side of the cover body collecting assembly, and the cover body extracting assembly is arranged on the other side of the supporting platform. A first cosmetic can conveying platform and a second cosmetic can conveying platform are arranged in front of the supporting platform, a cover body mounting assembly is arranged between the first cosmetic can conveying platform and the second cosmetic can conveying platform, and a cover body extracting assembly can convey cosmetic covers to a cover body collecting assembly. The cover body collecting assembly can arrange cover bodies in order through self rotation and then send the cover bodies to the cover body detecting assembly through the spiral transmission platform, the cover body detecting assembly comprises a rotating rod and a rotating platform, and the rotating rod can transmit power of the driving motor to the rotating platform so that the cover bodies can enter the conveying bent pipe with openings facing downwards.

A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.

The invention relates to a guide device (10) by means of which a distance (18) between an inlet (22) and an outlet (52) of a guide channel (20) of the guide device (10) can be varied in the longitudinal direction (14) of the guide device (10) between a minimum distance and a maximum distance. For this purpose, the guide device (10) has an adjusting device (16) by means of which the distance (18) between the inlet (22) and the outlet (52) of the guide channel (20) can be varied in the longitudinal direction (14) by means of an offset of the second longitudinal section (30) of the guide channel (20) transversely to the longitudinal direction (14).

The present invention relates to an apparatus (2) for providing a classified capping element in the form of a "crown" type cap (1), comprising: a space (3) for bulk storage of caps (1); a lifting conveyor (4) in the form of a belt (40) entering the space (3) and including a plurality of clamps (5) on its outer surface, the clamps (5) being laterally oriented and spaced apart to define recesses (6) between a lower clamp (500) and an upper clamp (51), each recess (6) collecting a plurality of caps (1) as it passes through the storage space (3); a sorting device (9) for sorting unbalanced caps (1) present in the recesses (6), the sorting device (9) cooperating with the movement of the lifting conveyor (4) to cause poorly oriented caps (1) to fall, the apparatus being characterized in that the lower edge surface (510) of the upper clamp (51) has a convex portion opposite to the belt (40). The invention also relates to such clamps (5) themselves.

The present invention relates to a cap-grabbing device, which includes a cap-pushing disk, a turntable, a chuck, a tray, a cap-pushing star wheel and a cap-grabbing assembly. The chuck is sleeved outside the turntable, the tray is sleeved outside the turntable and is detachably fixed to the lower side of the chuck. The cap-pushing disk is arranged outside one side of the tray, the cap-pushing star wheel is rotatably arranged above the cap-pushing disk, and a plurality of cap-grabbing assemblies are arranged on the tray at equal angular intervals along the circumferential direction. The present invention can be applicable to bottle caps of various heights, greatly improving the compatibility. Only one kind of cap-grabbing device is needed for various bottle caps to complete the production task, greatly reducing the production cost and being suitable for large-area popularization.

A transferring unit for transferring caps (82) comprising: a magazine (29); a housing device (7), (8) comprising a first supporting element (31), a first receiving element of a first typology (32) and one of a second typology (33); a movement device (30) comprising a second supporting element (36); a second receiving element of a first typology (37) and one of a second typology (39); a transferring device (10) comprising a movable arm (41). The transferring unit (2) is switchable between a working configuration, in which the transferring device (10) picks up the caps (82) from the first receiving element and positions them on the second receiving element, and a format change-over configuration, in which the movable arm (41) swaps over the first receiving elements, and swaps over the second receiving elements.

To provide an automated beverage dispensing system and method.SOLUTION: The beverage production system includes: a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups; a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage; and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly includes a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1