Pick-up and / or set-down disc for moving a container

Abstract

The invention relates to a pick-up and / or set-down disc for moving a container from a first position to a second position, in particular for a container cleaning machine. In order to provide a pick-up and / or set-down disc (1) which, even at a high container throughput, permits fault-free pick-up and set-down of containers and long uninterrupted operation, wherein the wear occurring on the driver elements (3) is minimised and significantly reduced noise development is achieved, the invention proposes that the pick-up and / or set-down disc (1) has a disc main body (2) for arranging the pick-up and / or set-down disc (1) on a disc shaft axis and at least one driver element (3) arranged on the disc main body (2) for guiding the container during moving, wherein a protective cap (4) is fixed to the driver element (3).

Description

[0001] Description

[0002] Loading and / or dispensing disc for moving a container

[0003] The invention relates to a loading and / or dispensing disc for moving a container from a first position to a second position, in particular for a container cleaning machine, a disc shaft for a loading and / or dispensing device for container treatment, a loading and / or dispensing device for the parallel loading and / or dispensing of containers, in particular for a container cleaning machine, and a protective cap for a loading and / or dispensing device for container treatment.

[0004] Loading and / or dispensing devices are known in various designs from the prior art and are commonly used to load or discharge containers to be treated, for example, reusable bottles to be cleaned, into or from a container handling device. For this purpose, such a dispensing device has a disc shaft with several loading and / or dispensing discs arranged on a common disc shaft axis, each with one or more drive elements for moving a container from a first position to a second position.

[0005] In the operation of the prior art's loading and / or dispensing devices, a bottle to be transferred is fed to the rotating disc shaft and strikes a moving drive element of the loading and / or dispensing disc. The drive element then impacts the bottle's base before the bottle is rapidly accelerated, resulting in significant noise and increased wear of the drive element. This is particularly problematic with high container throughput. Furthermore, the impact of the drive element on the container base can even damage the bottle, leading to a malfunction and a prolonged interruption of operation to remove the broken pieces from the loading and / or dispensing device. Finally, the design allows

[0006] 12282 WO of a feed and / or discharge disc of the state of the art no quick replacement and no easy assembly, so that even the replacement of a worn drive element leads to a longer interruption of operation.

[0007] The invention is therefore based on the objective of providing a loading and / or unloading disc that enables error-free loading and unloading of containers even with a high container throughput, as well as long uninterrupted operation, while minimizing the wear occurring on the drive elements and achieving a significantly reduced noise level.

[0008] The object of the invention is achieved by a feed and / or dispensing disc according to claim 1, by a disc shaft for a feed and / or dispensing device according to claim 13, by a feed and / or dispensing device according to claim 14, and by a protective cap for a feed and / or dispensing device according to claim 15. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

[0009] The inventive loading and / or dispensing disc for moving a container from a first position to a second position, in particular for a container cleaning machine, has a disc base body for arranging the loading and / or dispensing disc on a disc shaft axis and at least one drive element arranged on the disc base body for guiding the container during relocation, wherein a protective cap is fixed on the drive element, in particular on each drive element.

[0010] The disc shaft according to the invention for a feed and / or discharge device for container treatment, in particular for container cleaning, has several feed and / or discharge discs arranged on a common disc shaft axis, wherein at least one and preferably all feed and / or discharge discs are formed according to the invention. Accordingly, the

[0011] 12282 WO Inventive loading and / or dispensing device for the parallel loading and / or dispensing of containers, in particular for a container cleaning machine, a disc shaft according to the invention and / or at least one loading and / or dispensing disc according to the invention.

[0012] The protective cap according to the invention for a dispensing and / or feeding device for container treatment, in particular for container cleaning, is designed for positive and / or force-fit attachment to a drive element arranged on a dispensing and / or feeding disc. It is preferred that the protective cap has one or more features of the protective cap disclosed in connection with the dispensing and / or feeding disc according to the invention.

[0013] The protective cap according to the present invention dampens the forces occurring between the drive element and the container being moved, thereby reducing noise during operation and essentially preventing wear of the drive element. The inventors have recognized that a protective cap enables particularly quiet and low-wear container transport that is also especially gentle on the container. Furthermore, the protective caps can be manufactured very cost-effectively and installed very quickly and easily, thus allowing for a particularly long service life of the loading and / or unloading disc with only very short operational interruptions.

[0014] A loading and / or dispensing device according to the invention is a device for moving several containers simultaneously from one position to another, and in particular for loading the containers into or dispensing them from another device. The loading and / or dispensing device for containers is preferably used in the field of industrial container filling and especially preferably on a container cleaning machine. Additionally or alternatively, the loading and / or dispensing device can

[0015] 12282 WO can also be used in the processing and, in particular, the cleaning of containers, especially used reusable containers. Moving each container from the first position to the second position during loading and / or dispensing can involve a change in the orientation and / or spatial position of the container, whereby pure rotation, pure translation, or a combination of rotation and translation can be used to move it from the first position to the second position.

[0016] To enable the movement of multiple containers, the feed and / or discharge device incorporates a disc shaft. This disc shaft is typically composed of several feed and / or discharge discs arranged along its axis. The disc shaft is also referred to as the feed, inlet, or discharge shaft. Preferably, the feed and / or discharge discs are arranged parallel to each other on the disc shaft and / or have an identical angular orientation, particularly with respect to the disc shaft axis.

[0017] According to the invention, the feed and / or discharge disc is formed from at least one disc base body and at least one drive element arranged thereon. The disc base body preferably has at least the function of forming a disc or disc segment for mounting on the disc shaft axis and of holding at least one drive element. The disc base body can, in principle, be formed partially or completely from a solid material. However, it is also conceivable that material recesses are made, at least partially, to reduce the weight of the disc base body, so that, most preferably, the disc base body consists only of an outer contour and, optionally, individual support ribs inside. It is particularly preferred that the material is removed from non-load-bearing areas and / or reduced to force-absorbing areas in the form of struts.Such a skeletal or scaffold-like construction allows for a particularly low weight of the rotating component. Within the framework of such a design.

[0018] 12282 WO Design with only a closed outer contour of the disc base body and in particular also of the drive element, the protective cap pushed onto the drive element may be empty in part of its interior area and in particular not be filled by material of the drive element.

[0019] The disc shaft, the feed and / or discharge discs and / or the disc base body can in principle be made of any material, wherein the components of the disc shaft, in particular the feed and / or discharge discs, the disc base bodies, the disc shaft axis, a frame and / or other components, are preferably made of metal and particularly preferably of steel or stainless steel.

[0020] The container can be any type of vessel, but is preferably made of plastic or glass and / or is designed to hold food, and in particular a beverage. Accordingly, the container is preferably a bottle. Furthermore, the container is preferably part of a reusable system and, more preferably, a reusable bottle, for example made of glass or plastic, especially polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

[0021] A drive element according to the invention can, in principle, be arranged as a separate component on the disc base or be formed integrally with the disc base. Generally, however, the drive element is intended for moving the container. It is particularly preferred that, during movement, the container is in contact exclusively with one or more drive elements or the protective caps arranged thereon. The feed and / or discharge disc, or each disc base, can have only a single drive element or several drive elements, which may be identical or different from one another.

[0022] 12282 WO The drive element has the fundamental function of supporting the container to be moved, particularly in the area of ​​the container bottom and / or side wall, whereby this support preferably occurs throughout the entire moving process and / or throughout the entire contact of the container with the feed and / or discharge disc. Preferably, a surface of the drive element continuously contacts the container bottom, and more preferably, the drive element supports at least partially, and most preferably, at least predominantly, the weight of the container to be moved.

[0023] To ensure particularly gentle contact between the drive element and the container, a protective cap is arranged on the drive element, especially in the area supporting the container. Preferably, several protective caps, and particularly preferably all protective caps of a feed and / or dispensing disc, are identically shaped and / or formed in one piece. When the feed and / or dispensing disc is designed with different drive elements, the number of differently shaped protective caps preferably corresponds to the number of different drive elements, with two different drive elements, for example a drive finger and a back, being arranged on a feed and / or dispensing disc being particularly preferred.

[0024] Preferably, the drive element and / or the protective cap are shaped such that, throughout the entire movement of the container, there is only one contact point between the drive element and the container, particularly in the area of ​​the center of the container base, thereby achieving the lowest possible friction. For the purposes of the invention, a contact point is defined as a non-two-dimensional contact surface, i.e., a line- or dot-shaped contact area, whereby this contact point can shift on the surface of the drive element during the movement of the container. However, even then, at any given time during the movement, there is only contact between the container and the drive element in a single area.

[0025] 12282 WO respective contact point. In contrast, a planar contact is undesirable in this embodiment of the invention, and in particular the container does not rest on a planar and / or multiple points on a surface of the drive element.

[0026] An advantageous embodiment of the inventive loading and / or dispensing disc provides that the protective cap is secured to the drive element by a form-fit and / or force-fit connection, preferably exclusively by a form-fit and / or force-fit connection. A force-fit connection between the protective cap and the drive element could be achieved, exclusively or additionally to another method of securing the cap, by means of a screw connection using one or more screws. A screwless connection of the protective cap to the drive element is preferred in order to enable a particularly quick, easy, and / or tool-free replacement of the protective cap.

[0027] In addition and / or as an alternative to a form-fit and / or force-fit fastening of the protective cap to the drive element, a material-fit fastening, for example by gluing, is also conceivable, whereby this is done in particular to secure against loosening due to vibrations occurring during the operation of the feed and / or discharge disc.

[0028] In a preferred embodiment of the feed and / or dispensing disc according to the invention, the protective cap is arranged pulled over a receiving area of ​​the drive element and rests at least partially, preferably over its entire surface, on a surface within the receiving area of ​​the drive element, thereby achieving a force-fit locking of the protective cap due to the frictional forces between the drive element and the protective cap. "Pulled over the receiving area of ​​the drive element" preferably means that the protective cap surrounds the drive element, and in particular the receiving area, on at least three sides, more preferably on at least four sides, and most preferably on at least five sides, or in a corresponding number of spatial directions. The receiving area is

[0029] 12282 WO preferably has a semicircular and / or arc-shaped surface. However, any other curved surface of the receiving area is also conceivable, in particular a convexly curved and / or domed surface facing the container. The radius of such a surface profile is preferably at most 25%, more preferably at most 15%, and most preferably at most 10% of the container diameter.

[0030] Preferably, in addition to such a force-fit fastening by means of a planar contact, a form-fit and / or material-fit fastening is also carried out to prevent loosening with increasing operating time due to forces acting on the protective cap, for example due to vibrations during operation and / or forces acting on the protective cap from the containers to be moved. The surface for the planar contact of the protective cap on the drive element is preferably at least one radially outwardly extending, tangentially extending, and / or facing a container to be moved.Furthermore, it is preferred that the protective cap also rests, at least partially and / or over a surface, in particular over its entire surface, on a lateral surface of the drive element, and in particular on both sides of a lateral surface of the drive element, in order to achieve an improved force-fit and / or a form-fit with the surface of the drive element.

[0031] A further preferred embodiment of the feed and / or discharge disc according to the invention provides that the protective cap for force-fit attachment to the drive element, and in particular in the receiving area of ​​the drive element, is made of an elastic material, preferably an elastic plastic, and / or preferably has a hardness between 70 and 95, particularly preferably between 75 and 90, and most preferably between 80 and 85 Shore D. To achieve a particularly good force-fit attachment of the protective cap to the drive element, the

[0032] 12282 WO Protective cap preferably formed in a smaller size relative to the drive element and especially the receiving area and is preferably between 0.1% and 15%, particularly preferably between 0.5% and 10% and most preferably between 1% and 5% smaller than the drive element.

[0033] Although the protective cap can in principle be made of any material, and in particular any plastic, a design made of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is particularly preferred due to its high-temperature resistance, good processability as a thermoplastic, and / or low thermal expansion. Alternatively, a design made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a thermoplastic elastomer, is also preferred due to its high mechanical strength, very good abrasion resistance, and / or the good adjustability of its properties, especially by means of different block copolymers.

[0034] Alternatively or additionally to selecting a hardness grade, the elastic properties of the protective cap can also be adjusted by modifying the surface design and / or material structure. For example, the protective cap could be designed with a structured surface, particularly one featuring recesses and / or structural elements protruding from the surface, and / or channels, bores, and / or material cutouts could be incorporated within the cap's material. Additionally or alternatively, the elastic properties of the protective cap can also be adjusted by varying the material thickness or wall thickness of different areas.

[0035] In an advantageous embodiment of the feed and / or dispensing disc according to the invention, a positive locking connection between the drive element and the protective cap is achieved by the interaction of a locking element on one of the two components, drive element and protective cap, with a

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[0037] A snap-fit ​​connection is achieved on the other of the two components, the drive element and the protective cap. Generally, it is preferred that the drive element can be clipped into the receiving area or positively locked in place.

[0038] A particular embodiment of the loading and / or dispensing disc provides that the locking element is a locking lug arranged on the drive element and, in particular, formed integrally with the drive element, and / or the locking receptacle is arranged within the material of the protective cap and is formed as an opening or recess, in particular as an elongated hole, within the material of the protective cap. The locking receptacle, and in particular the elongated hole, preferably penetrates the material of the protective cap completely, so that the proper locking can be visually checked or inspected by a user. Preferably, the protective cap is shaped symmetrically and / or the protective cap is integrated into the locking element.The area opposite the locking mechanism, in particular the elongated hole, is formed with a closed surface, so that it is possible to support the protective cap on the drive element opposite the position of the positive locking connection of the two components to each other.

[0039] To achieve complete protection of the drive element, in a preferred embodiment of the feed and / or discharge disc, the protective cap extends at least over the entire contact area of ​​the drive element with the container being moved during the movement process. The contact area is the area of ​​the drive element's surface that a container being moved would touch when moved using a drive element without a protective cap, and / or the area of ​​the protective cap's surface that a container being moved would touch when moved using a drive element equipped with a protective cap.

[0040] Although the protective cap covers the entire contact area and / or within the contact area in relation to the other areas of the protective cap,

[0041] Since the protective cap can have a constant material thickness, which advantageously allows for particularly easy manufacturing, it is also preferred that the protective cap has a greater material thickness in the contact area compared to at least some of the other areas and, in particular, to substantially all other areas. The material thickness in the contact area is preferably between 1.1 and 5, more preferably between 1.2 and 3, most preferably between 1.25 and 2, and most preferably between 1.25 and 1.5.

[0042] A preferred embodiment of the loading and / or dispensing disc according to the invention provides that the locking element, and in particular the locking lug of the drive element and / or the locking receptacle, and in particular the elongated hole of the protective cap, are arranged completely outside the contact area with the container to be moved. The locking element, and in particular the locking lug of the drive element and / or the locking receptacle, and in particular the elongated hole of the protective cap, is preferably arranged in front of the contact area in a direction of movement of the container during relocation. Accordingly, the direction of movement of the container during relocation preferably extends away from the position of the positive locking connection of the protective cap to the drive element.

[0043] Furthermore, it is preferred that the locking lug is formed rising from the surface of the drive element in the opposite direction of movement of the container during repositioning. Particularly preferably, one surface of the locking lug projects substantially perpendicularly from the adjacent surface of the drive element, and / or the surface of the drive element is angled in the transition area to the locking lug preferably between 45° and 135°, particularly preferably between 75° and 115°, most preferably between 85° and 95°, and particularly preferably at substantially 90°. Furthermore preferably, a second surface, in particular one directly adjacent to the projecting surface section, also extends

[0044] 12282 WO Surface, linear and / or sloping onto the adjacent surface of the drive element lying outside the locking lug.

[0045] Although in principle a design of a loading and / or dispensing disc with one or more identical drive elements is entirely sufficient for the safe transfer of a container, it is preferred that the disc body has at least two and preferably exactly two different drive elements or types of drive elements, wherein one drive element is preferably formed as a drive finger for supporting the container to be transferred in the area of ​​the container bottom and / or another drive element as a back for applying a movement impulse to the container to be transferred in the area of ​​a container side wall.In particular, a drive finger and a back form a pair for moving a container, wherein the loading and / or dispensing disc can in principle have any number of such pairs, wherein preferably the drive fingers and the backs are arranged alternately along the circumference of the loading and / or dispensing disc.

[0046] A preferred embodiment of the feed and / or dispensing disc according to the invention provides that the feed and / or dispensing disc has at least two, and preferably at least three, drive elements and / or pairs of drive elements, each consisting of a drive finger and a back, distributed around its circumference, particularly uniformly distributed. The drive elements or the pairs formed from a drive finger and a back are preferably arranged uniformly distributed around the circumference of the feed and / or dispensing disc. Accordingly, with an arrangement of three drive elements uniformly distributed around the circumference, a container to be moved can be received after each rotation of the disc shaft axis by 120°. Similarly, a uniform distribution of the drive fingers around the circumference means that, in a feed and / or dispensing disc having two drive fingers, a drive finger is located every 180°.

[0047] 12282 WO is arranged and in the case of a feed and / or discharge disc with four drive fingers every 90°.

[0048] The disk body can, in principle, be formed essentially in one piece. However, it is also conceivable that a disk body is an assembly of several components. In particular, it is preferred that the disk body is formed from at least two, and preferably exactly two, disk body sections, which are arranged on the disk shaft axis and screwed together in such a way that they are secured to the disk shaft axis by a clamping action, in particular by a prismatic clamp. Accordingly, all disk body sections of a feed and / or discharge disk preferably surround the disk shaft axis substantially completely. A feed and / or discharge disk preferably has 2 to 4, and particularly preferably 2 to 3, disk body sections.In a design of the feed and / or discharge disc with two disc base body sections, it is also preferred that a drive element is arranged on one disc base body section and two drive elements are arranged on the other disc base body section.

[0049] Two exemplary embodiments of a feed and / or discharge disc with drive elements according to the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. The figures show:

[0050] Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a feed and / or discharge disc with two identical drive elements.

[0051] Fig. 2 shows an enlarged sectional view of the area of ​​a drive element of the first embodiment with a protective cap.

[0052] Fig. 3 shows a side sectional view of the first version of the feed and / or discharge disc,

[0053] Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a second version of a rising-

[0054] 12282 WO and / or delivery disc with three pairs of two different drive elements each,

[0055] Fig. 5 shows a side sectional view of the second version of the feed and / or discharge disc,

[0056] Fig. 6 shows an enlarged sectional view of the area of ​​a first drive element of the second embodiment, formed as a drive finger, with a protective cap, and

[0057] Fig. 7 shows an enlarged sectional view of the area of ​​a second, back-shaped drive element of the second design with a protective cap.

[0058] A first embodiment of a loading and / or dispensing disc 1, shown in Figure 1, is provided for a loading and / or dispensing device designed to simultaneously receive several bottles parallel to one another and feed them to a bottle cleaning system. The cleaned bottles are then removed by means of another, identical loading and / or dispensing device.

[0059] In order to be able to move the bottles from a first position, in particular a standing position, into a second position, in particular a lying position for the insertion of the bottles into cleaning cells of the bottle cleaning system, the loading and / or dispensing device typically has a disc shaft with several loading and / or dispensing discs 1 arranged parallel to each other on a disc shaft axis.

[0060] Each of the loading and / or unloading discs 1 is designed to surround the disc shaft axis with a disc base body 2 over its entire circumference, the disc base body 2 being formed from several disc base body sections 12. The disc base body 2, and in particular each disc base body section 12, is made of stainless steel. The disc base body 2 can be fixed to the disc shaft axis by means of the following:

[0061] 12282 WO both disk base body sections 12 surrounding the disk shaft axis and forming a prism clamp 14, wherein the two disk base body sections 12 are each clamped against the disk shaft axis by means of screws 13 and thereby fix the disk base body 2 in a twisted position on the disk shaft axis.

[0062] On one of the disc base bodies 2, two drive elements 3 are arranged opposite each other and offset or rotated by 180° relative to each other. Each drive element 3 is designed to move the bottle into contact with the bottle base. To protect the drive element 3 from wear due to direct contact with the bottle base and to prevent excessive noise generation when the metal drive element 3 is in direct contact with the bottle, a protective cap 4 is positively and force-fitted into a receiving area 5 of the drive element 3.

[0063] The force-fit fastening is achieved by pulling the protective cap 4 onto the receiving area 5 of the drive element 3, whereby a surface 6 of the drive element 3 bears flat against an inner surface of the protective cap 4. The protective cap 4 is made of an elastic plastic and is held in place by force-fit or friction-fit due to the surface contact on the drive element 3.

[0064] However, to achieve a more secure hold and to prevent the protective cap 4 from unintentionally being pulled off the drive element 3, particularly when moving a bottle, the drive element 3 has a locking lug 7 that extends from its surface (see Figs. 2 and 3). When the protective cap 4 is pushed onto the drive element 3, the locking lug 7 is located within a corresponding elongated hole 8 in the protective cap 4, resulting in a positive locking connection.

[0065] 12282 WO The positive locking of the protective cap 4 to the drive element 3 takes place outside a contact area 9 of the bottle and in particular of the bottle bottom with the surface of the protective cap 4, so that no forces are introduced directly in the area of ​​the connection of the locking lug 7 with the elongated hole 8 from the container to be moved into the protective cap 4 and thus an unintentional detachment of the protective cap 4 from the drive element 3 cannot occur.

[0066] In the first embodiment of the loading and / or dispensing disc 1, shown in Figures 1-3, all drive elements 3 and, accordingly, all protective caps 4 are identical to each other and are designed to move one bottle into contact with the bottom of the bottle.

[0067] A second embodiment of a feed and / or discharge disc 1, shown in Figures 4-7, differs from the first embodiment in three essential aspects. First, the disc base body 2 is formed in a frame-like manner with only one closed outer contour and otherwise with numerous recesses in order to keep the weight of this component, which rotates during operation, as low as possible.

[0068] A further difference from the first embodiment lies in the fact that in the second embodiment of the dispensing and / or discharging disc 1, not just a single type of drive element 3 is provided, but rather a pair of two drive elements 3, 10, 11 interact with a single bottle. A first drive element 3, formed as a drive finger 10, has essentially the same function as the drive element 3 of the first embodiment, namely, to move the bottle into contact with the bottle base. The second drive element 3 of a pair in the second embodiment is designed to come into contact with a side wall of the bottle as a back 11, thus also supporting the bottle laterally during movement.

[0069] 12282 WO to stabilize. In addition, the back 11 can also have the function of pushing a bottle already placed down by a drive finger 10 out of the pivoting range of the following drive finger 10 during a further rotation of the loading and / or dispensing disc 1. As shown in Figures 6 and 7, the two drive elements 3, i.e., both the drive finger 10 and the back 11, each have a protective cap 4, which is defined identically to that in the first embodiment.

[0070] Finally, the difference between the second embodiment of the feed and / or discharge disc 1 and the first embodiment is that both disc base body sections 12 have drive elements 3.

[0071] 12282 WO Reference List

[0072] 1 loading and / or dispensing disc

[0073] 2 disc base bodies

[0074] 3. Drive element

[0075] 4 Protective caps

[0076] 5 Recording area

[0077] 6 Surface of the drive element

[0078] 7 Rastnase

[0079] 8 elongated holes

[0080] 9 Contact area

[0081] 10 drive fingers

[0082] 11 Back

[0083] 12 disk base body sections

[0084] 13 screw

[0085] 14 Prism clamping

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Claims

Claims 1. Loading and / or unloading disc (1) for moving a container from a first position to a second position, in particular for a container cleaning machine, with a disk base body (2) for arranging the feed and / or discharge disk (1) on a disk shaft axis and at least one drive element (3) arranged on the disk base body (2) for guiding the container during relocation, characterized in that A protective cap (4) is attached to the drive element (3).

2. Loading and / or dispensing disc for relocating a container according to claim 1, characterized in that the protective cap (4) is fixed to the drive element (3) by positive and / or force-fit.

3. Loading and / or dispensing disc for moving a container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the protective cap (4) is arranged pulled over a receiving area (5) of the drive element (3) and rests at least sectionally, preferably over a surface, on a surface (6) in the receiving area (5) of the drive element (3).

4. Loading and / or dispensing disc for relocating a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the protective cap (4) for force-fit fixing on the drive element (3) is made of an elastic plastic and preferably has a hardness between 75 and 90 Shore D.

5. Loading and / or unloading disc for moving a container to 12282 WO at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a positive locking connection between the drive element (3) and the protective cap (4) is achieved by an interaction of a locking element on one of the drive element (3) and protective cap (4) with a locking receptacle on the other of the drive element (3) and protective cap (4).

6. Loading and / or unloading disc for relocating a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the locking element is a locking lug (7) formed integrally with the drive element (3) and / or the locking receptacle is formed as an elongated hole (8) within the protective cap (4).

7. Loading and / or dispensing disc for moving a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the protective cap (4) extends at least over an entire contact area (9) of the drive element (3) with the container to be moved during the moving process.

8. Loading and / or unloading disc for relocating a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the locking lug (7) of the drive element (3) and / or the elongated hole (8) of the protective cap (4) are arranged outside the contact area (9) with the container to be relocated.

9. Loading and / or unloading disc for moving a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the locking lug (7) is formed rising from the surface of the drive element (3) in the opposite direction of movement of the container during moving. 12282 WO 10. Loading and / or unloading disc for moving a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the disc base body (2) has two different drive elements (3, 10, 11), wherein one drive element (3) is formed as a drive finger (10) for supporting the container to be moved in the area of ​​the container bottom and / or another drive element (3) is formed as a back (11) for applying a movement impulse to the container to be moved in the area of ​​a container side wall.

11. Loading and / or dispensing disc for moving a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the loading and / or dispensing disc (1) has at least two drive elements (3) distributed around the circumference and / or pairs of drive elements (3, 10, 11) consisting of a drive finger (10) and a back (11).

12. Loading and / or unloading disc for relocating a container according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the disc base body (2) is formed from at least two and preferably exactly two disc base body sections (12) which are arranged on the disc shaft axis and screwed together in such a way that a fixing on the disc shaft axis is achieved by a clamping, in particular by a prism clamping (14).

13. Disc shaft for a feed and / or discharge device for container treatment, in particular for container cleaning, with several feed and / or discharge discs (1) arranged on a common disc shaft axis according to at least one of claims 1 - 12.

14. Loading and / or dispensing device for the parallel loading and / or dispensing of containers, in particular for a container cleaning machine, with 12282 WO a disc shaft according to claim 13 or at least one loading and / or discharge disc (1) according to at least one of claims 1 - 12.

15. Protective cap (4) for a dispensing and / or discharge device for container treatment, in particular for container cleaning, according to at least one of claims 1 - 12, characterized in that the protective cap (4) is formed for positive and / or force-fit attachment on a drive element (3) arranged on a dispensing and / or discharge disc (1). 12282 WO

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