522 patents
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Utility
Method and Device for Determining a Quality of Empties
7 Dec 23
The invention relates to a method for determining a quality of empties comprising pallets, boxes and bottles which are fed to an equipment for sorting the empties according to the quality and for controlling the equipment.
Juergen EICHHORN, Alexander KAISER, Stefan LAUMER, Raphael WEISS, Christian SCHEBESTA
Filed: 16 May 23
Utility
Modular treatment apparatus for containers
5 Dec 23
Provided is an apparatus for treating containers and in particular plastic containers having a container treatment unit, wherein the apparatus has a main transport device which is suitable and intended to transport the containers along a predetermined transport path, wherein the container treatment device has at least two treatment devices which are suitable and intended to treat the containers in a predetermined manner, having a feed and discharge unit which is suitable and intended to feed containers to be treated to the at least first treatment unit and to discharge containers already been treated from the first treatment device and having a media supply unit which is suitable and intended to feed media to the at least one first treatment unit.
Bernhard Domeier, Benedikt Boettcher, Eduard Handschuh, Klaus Voth
Filed: 25 Sep 20
Utility
Blow moulding machine with tempered base mould
5 Dec 23
An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by the action of a flowable medium, wherein the forming station has a blow mould which forms a cavity, within which the plastic preforms are formed into the plastic containers.
Konrad Senn, Andreas Pense, Markus Kulzer
Filed: 9 Nov 21
Utility
Blow mould for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with air discharge as well as base part for a blow mould
5 Dec 23
A blow mould for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having at least two blow to mould side parts and a base part, which form a cavity, within which plastic preforms can be formed into the plastic containers by being acted upon by a flowable medium, wherein an inner wall of the blow mould side parts and of the base part having a contour which produces a predetermined shape of the plastic containers to be produced, wherein a plurality of openings being provided in at least one section of the base part, which openings allow a gaseous medium to be discharged during an expansion process of the plastic container.
Bastian Tissmer, Peter Knapp
Filed: 29 Mar 22
Utility
Apparatus and method for monitoring printed containers
28 Nov 23
Monitoring device (50, 52) for monitoring a plurality of containers (10) which have been printed with at least one first image element (B1-B8) by a direct printing machine (20), having a transport device (40) which supplies and/or discharges the printed containers (10) to be monitored along a predefined transport path, in particular individually and successively, to the monitoring device (50, 52), wherein the monitoring device (50, 52) monitors the printed containers (10) at least with respect to the first image element (B1-B8) applied by the direct printing machine (20), and has a memory device (53) which stores the at least one set of first image elements (B1-B8) to be monitored.
Anton Niedermeier
Filed: 4 Sep 18
Utility
Machine and method for treating and in particular transporting plastic parisons
28 Nov 23
Disclosed is a device for handling plastic parisons with a storage device which serves for storing a plurality of plastic parisons and with at least one transport device which transports the plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path from the storage device to a processing device.
Florian Nebl, Dieter Wuensche, Juergen Soellner
Filed: 5 Jun 18
Utility
Method for Operating a Machine In a Processing Plant for Containers and Machine for Handling Containers
23 Nov 23
A method for operating a machine in a processing plant for containers, in particular beverage containers, wherein the containers are processed and/or transported by the machine, wherein at least one input signal and at least one output signal of the machine are acquired during the processing and/or the transport, wherein a self-identification model of the machine, which model reproduces at least one current operating point of the machine, is determined based on the at least one input signal and the at least one output signal, wherein at least one machine parameter of the machine and/or of a downstream machine is automatically configured or optimised using the self-identification model, and/or wherein a diagnosis of the machine is automatically carried out using the self-identification model.
Benedikt BOETTCHER
Filed: 13 Aug 21
Utility
Container-processing system and method having safety-oriented management of settings for a container-processing system
14 Nov 23
The invention relates to a container-processing system and to a method having safety-oriented management of settings for a container-processing system.
Theodor Bielmeier, Timo Pronold, Pino-Guiseppe Palumbo, Thomas Stauber, Stefan Schmidt
Filed: 29 Jan 19
Utility
Apparatus and method for filling a container with a filling product
14 Nov 23
An apparatus and method for handling a container, comprising filling the container with a filling product, for example with a beverage in a beverage bottling plant, wherein the apparatus has: a valve main body with an outlet for introducing the filling product into the container and with a swirl chamber which is fluidically connected to the outlet and is configured to induce a swirling motion in the filling product as the latter is being introduced into the container; a valve cone which is at least partially arranged in the valve body, defines an axial direction and through which a gas duct penetrates in the axial direction; and a sensor device with a sensor head which is configured to detect at least one signal and is arranged in the gas duct.
Valentin Becher
Filed: 30 Nov 21
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Producing Plastic Containers with Zone Indicators Inspection of Plastic Preforms
9 Nov 23
A method for evaluating plastic preforms, wherein said plastic preforms are intended to be heated by a heating device and then expanded by a forming device by application of a flowable medium to form plastic containers, wherein the plastic preforms extending in a longitudinal direction and having several portions in the longitudinal direction, wherein the several portions having at least one threaded portion, a main body portion and a bottom portion, wherein at least the main body portion and the bottom portion being inspected, wherein values characteristic of a material quality of the plastic preforms are output, wherein the values being assigned to different portions and/or at least one property of the container to be produced being taken into account in the evaluation of the characteristic values.
Jochen FORSTHOEVEL, Robert AUST, Stefan SCHOBER
Filed: 9 May 23
Utility
Vacuum Transfer Cylinder with Suction Bar Circuit
9 Nov 23
The invention relates to a labelling device for attaching labels to containers, comprising: at least one unrolling device for a label strip; at least one cutting tool for cutting the label strip into individual labels; a vacuum transfer cylinder for transferring the labels onto the containers, wherein the vacuum transfer cylinder has a plurality of movable vacuum suction for suctioning, conveying and transferring the labels, wherein at least one vacuum suction bar is assigned to each label to be transported; at least one bar controller for controlling the movement of the vacuum suction bars, wherein the bar controller comprises at least one control cam which, in cooperation with at least one control roller of a vacuum suction bar, controls the movement of the respective vacuum suction bar.
Bernd SCHROLL, Gabriel SEIBOLD, Christian HOLZER, Soeren MEISSNER
Filed: 4 Aug 21
Utility
Clamp device, clamp jaw, and container-handling apparatus
7 Nov 23
A clamp device for retaining a container in a container-handling apparatus, for example for retaining a drinks container in a container-handling apparatus of a bottling plant, includes two clamp arms which can be moved relative to one another, wherein at least one clamp arm has an interchangeable clamp jaw with a retaining portion for retaining the container which is to be retained, wherein the clamp jaw has a latching element for undergoing a form fit with a recess formed in the associated clamp arm.
Felix Zeitler, Bernhard Heinze
Filed: 19 May 21
Utility
Method and system for remote monitoring of plants and in particular plants for the beverage production industry
7 Nov 23
Provided is a method for remote monitoring of a production plant and in particular a packaging plant, the plant has a plurality of working units as well as a data collection device, to which these working units are connected at least partially and/or at least intermittently for data transmission, wherein the data collection device collects relevant data for the working units and wherein a data transmission device transmits data from the data collection device to a data recording device, wherein at least one characteristic and in particular a type and/or a scope of the data to be transmitted can be determined by a user and in particular by a user of the data collection device.
Johann Zistler
Filed: 28 Aug 17
Utility
Buffer device and method for buffering containers
7 Nov 23
Buffer device for buffering containers, with an inlet, an inlet manipulator, a first buffer system, a transposition device, a second buffer system, an outlet manipulator, and an outlet, where containers can be transferred by the inlet manipulator from the inlet to the first buffer system and can be transported along a first direction in the first buffer system, where the transposition device can transfer containers from the first buffer system to the second buffer system, and the containers can be transported in the second buffer system along a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and the containers can be removed from the second buffer system by the outlet manipulator and fed to the outlet, where the buffer capacity of the buffer device is adjustable.
Helmut Schuesslburner, Konrad Senn
Filed: 16 Mar 20
Utility
Beverage processing system and method for filling a beverage into containers
7 Nov 23
Beverage processing system for filling a beverage into containers with a filler with several filling valves for filling the beverage into the containers, where the filling valves are each configured having a filling device for filling at least two components of the beverage into one of the containers, a capper for closing the container filled with the beverage, and with a conveyor for transporting the containers at least from the filler to the capper, characterised in that the beverage processing system comprises at least one gas analysis device for quality control of the mixed beverage filled into the containers, and in that the at least one gas analysis device each comprises a gas suctioning device for suctioning gas from a head region of the containers filled with the beverage and an analyzer for analyzing the suctioned gas.
Ute Winter, Patrick Engelhard, Valentin Becher, Eva Beierle
Filed: 28 May 19
Utility
Container processing system
7 Nov 23
The invention relates to a container processing system (10A-10U) for processing containers (12).
Stefan Scherl, August Peutl, Heinrich Bielmeier, Florian Lauterbach, Roland Laumer, Stefan Elsperger, Michael Neubauer, Alexander Kaiser, Wolfgang Roidl, Frank Winzinger
Filed: 27 Jul 21
Utility
Clamping device for holding a container
31 Oct 23
A clamping device for holding a container in a container handling device, for example for holding a beverage container by a neck portion, includes a first clamping arm arranged on a support plate pivotably about a first pivot shaft and having a holding portion for contact against the container to be held, and a second clamping arm arranged on the support plate pivotably about a second pivot shaft and having a holding portion for contact against the container to be held.
Bruno Landler
Filed: 20 Nov 20
Utility
Device for Intermediately Storing and Conveying Containers at Least In One Conveying Direction
26 Oct 23
A device for intermediately storing and conveying containers in at least one conveying direction includes a multi-row intermediate storage device.
Martin Seger, Michael Jogsch, Reiner Kahl, Nicolò Verza
Filed: 19 Apr 23
Utility
Apparatus and Method for Transporting Containers with Roller-supported Actuating Mechanism for Gripping Clamps
26 Oct 23
Disclosed is an apparatus for transporting containers, having a movable carrier on which a plurality of gripping devices for gripping containers are arranged, wherein these gripping devices being designed as gripping clamps, and these clamps each having at least two clamp arms which can be moved between a first position, in which they grip the containers to be transported, and a second position, wherein the gripping clamps having contact portions which are suitable and intended to contact the containers, and wherein furthermore an actuating mechanism is provided which is suitable for transferring the gripping means between the first position and the second position, characterized in that this actuating mechanism comprises at least one roller element which is arranged on at least one of the clamp arms and can be rotated with respect to this clamp arm and with respect to a predetermined axis of rotation.
Dirk HEINRICH, Thomas HOELLRIEGL, Markus STIEGLER, Hans-Juergen FLEISCHMANN, Nina HABENSCHADEN, Harald EFFENBERGER
Filed: 30 Aug 22
Utility
Apparatus and Method for Inspecting Closed Containers
26 Oct 23
Anton NIEDERMEIER, Rainer KWIRANDT, Stefan PIANA
Filed: 21 Jul 21