522 patents
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Utility
Labelling apparatus and method for applying labels to containers
18 Apr 23
A labeling device and a method for applying labels to containers comprising an unwinding unit for receiving thereon at least one supply roll with a label tape; having an intermediate buffer unit for temporarily storing the label tape unwound from the supply roll, the intermediate buffer unit comprising at least one first movable roller unit; a drive unit arranged downstream of the intermediate buffer unit when seen in the conveying direction and used for driving the label tape in the conveying direction and processing unit for separating the label tape into the individual labels and for optionally coating the labels with glue and for transferring the labels to the containers wherein the intermediate buffer unit and the drive unit have arranged between them a separately configured, dynamic buffer unit comprising at least one second roller unit which is movable independently of the intermediate buffer unit.
Johannes Strauss, Christian Holzer, Bernd Schroll
Filed: 16 Oct 17
Utility
Method and device for the optical inspection of containers
11 Apr 23
Method for the optical inspection of containers, where the containers are transported with a conveyor as a container mass flow, where the containers are each captured with an optical inspection unit as first image data, and where the first image data is evaluated with an image processing unit for contamination and/or defects on the respective container, where the first image data of several containers is overlaid to form an overlay image, and where the overlay image is evaluated for the presence of points of contamination in a beam path of the optical inspection unit.
Alexander Hewicker
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Predictive Maintenance of a Receptacle Handling Installation
6 Apr 23
An apparatus, system and method for predictively maintaining a receptacle handling installation, for example a beverage bottling installation, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive process data of at least one handling operation on one or more receptacles, performed by the receptacle handling installation; assign the handling operation to at least one of multiple quality classes on the basis of the process data; and derive a state of wear for one or more components of the receptacle handling installation from an analysis of the quality classes.
Philipp OLENBERG, Christian MEYKNECHT
Filed: 30 Nov 22
Utility
Apparatus and Method for Forming Plastics Preforms with Controlled Valve Unit
30 Mar 23
A method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein the plastic preforms being transported along a predetermined transport path and being acted upon and expanded by a flowable medium during this transport, a controllable valve of a reducing station controlling the action of the flowable medium on a compressed-air reservoir, in particular an annular channel, and a desired target pressure being predetermined, with which the compressed-air reservoir is acted upon, this desired target pressure being taken into account in the control of the valve of the reducing station wherein an actual pressure is determined and this actual pressure is compared with the desired target pressure and, from this comparison, a correction value is determined which is taken into account and/or used in the control of the valve.
Andreas BRUNNER, Thomas HOELLRIEGL
Filed: 12 Sep 22
Utility
Apparatus for inspecting containers, in particular cans
28 Mar 23
A device for inspecting containers which have an opening includes a transport device which transports the objects along a configured transport path.
Anton Niedermeier
Filed: 11 Oct 18
Utility
Apparatus and method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with improved rinsing rod arrangement
21 Mar 23
An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, includes at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium to the plastic preforms, wherein the forming station includes a blow mold, and a rod-like body which is insertable into the plastic preforms via a mouth of the plastic preforms, and a moving device which is configured for moving the rod-like body in the longitudinal direction of the plastic performs.
Dominik Meier, Thomas Hoellriegl
Filed: 5 Oct 21
Utility
Method and apparatus for producing plastic preforms and plastic containers with thermal preform storage
28 Feb 23
Method for operating an apparatus for producing plastic preforms and plastic containers, comprising at least one injection moulding machine and one blow moulding machine, wherein the plastic preforms are injection moulded within the injection moulding machine and are formed into plastic containers within the blow moulding machine and are transported from the injection moulding machine to the blow moulding machine, wherein a heating device is arranged downstream of the injection moulding machine and the injection moulding machine and the blow moulding machine are coupled to one another.
Jochen Hirdina
Filed: 18 Aug 21
Utility
Method and apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with pre-heating of blow moulds
21 Feb 23
Method for operating an apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein in a working mode a plurality of forming stations are moved along a predetermined transport path by a movable carrier, wherein these forming stations in each case having blow mould arrangements which in a closed state in each case form cavities, within which the plastic preforms are formed into the plastic containers and the plastic preforms are supplied to these forming stations in order to be formed by supplying a flowable medium to the plastic containers, wherein this forming takes place at least temporarily during the transport of the forming stations along the transport path, and wherein at least temporarily at least components of the blow moulding arrangement are tempered.
Konrad Senn, Thomas Hoellriegl, Klaus Voth, Armin Buess, Andreas Brunner, Simon Moewes, Jochen Hirdina
Filed: 24 Jul 19
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Monitoring the Manufacturing Process of Plastic Containers
16 Feb 23
Disclosed is a method for monitoring a product cycle in the production of plastic containers, wherein a plastic preform is provided and a plastic container with a marking is produced by a blow moulding process, which marking is configured to uniquely identify the plastic container, to wherein the production of the marking takes place during a manufacturing process of a plastic preform or the plastic container.
Patrick ENGELHARD
Filed: 9 Aug 22
Utility
Apparatus for the Treatment of Containers with Supported Clean Room
16 Feb 23
Apparatus for treating containers has a transport device which transports the containers at least in sections along a predetermined transport path, and a plurality of treatment devices which treat the containers at least at times during transport along the transport path, wherein the apparatus has a clean room which clean room is delimited from an environment by at least one wall, and furthermore at least one sealing device is provided for sealing off the clean room from its environment, wherein this sealing device has at least two elements and/or walls which can be moved with respect to one another wherein, the clean room is formed between a floor unit and a ceiling unit and at least the floor unit or the ceiling unit is formed as a load-bearing unit and support elements are arranged within the clean room for supporting the ceiling unit and/or the floor unit.
Waldemar SUPPES, Christian WITTMANN, Florian GERNGROSS, Daniel THEEN, Florian GELTINGER, Daniel PETER
Filed: 16 Aug 22
Utility
Blow-molding Machine with Pressure Control During the Blow-molding Process
16 Feb 23
A device for forming plastic parisons into plastic containers includes at least one forming station arranged on a conveying device and configured to form plastic parisons into plastic containers by applying a gaseous medium, the forming station includes an application device configured to apply the flowable medium to the plastic parisons, and includes a pressure supply device and/or is in fluidic connection with a pressure supply device configured to provide the flowable medium at a prespecified pressure, wherein pressure provided by the pressure supply device is greater than pressure required and/or used for the application to the plastic parisons, wherein the device includes at least one valve device which controls application to the plastic parisons, which valve device is configured to interrupt the supply of air into the container when the pressure of the flowable medium within the container has reached a prespecified pressure level.
Thomas HOELLRIEGEL, Benedikt HENGL, Christian BETZ, Andreas BRUNNER
Filed: 10 Aug 22
Utility
Blow moulding apparatus with clean room and inspection of containers
14 Feb 23
Provided is an apparatus for processing containers and in particular for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers, including a transport device which transports the containers along a predetermined transport path, wherein this transport device has a movable support, on which a plurality of processing stations are arranged, which in each case are suitable and intended for processing the plastic preforms, with a clean room, which surrounds at least portions of the transport path of the plastic preforms and which is delimited by at least one wall relative to the environment.
Thomas Höllriegl, Robert Schmitt, Günter Frankenberger, Andreas Eichenseher
Filed: 16 Aug 18
Utility
Adaptable blow mould
14 Feb 23
The invention relates to a blow mould for transforming plastic parisons to form plastic containers, having a base part, a first side part and a second side part, wherein, in the assembled state of the blow mould, this base part together with the side parts form a hollow space, within which the plastic parisons can be expanded to form the plastic containers.
Florian Geltinger
Filed: 12 Apr 18
Utility
Method and device for handling containers
14 Feb 23
A method and device for treating containers with at least two container treatment machines, between which a transport device for transporting the containers is arranged, where the transport device is divided into several transport sections, where the flow of containers is changed from containers of type A to containers of type B, where a separating device is activated once the first transport section has run empty of containers of type A, where containers of the type B are transported into the first transport section and backed up at the separating device, while containers of type A are transported from the second transport section to the second container treatment machine, and where the separating device is deactivated once the second transport section has run empty of containers of the type A, so that the containers of type B are transported through the second transport section to the second container treatment machine.
Wolfgang Hahn, Norbert Risse, Heinz Woelfel
Filed: 20 Feb 18
Utility
Device for treating container closures
14 Feb 23
A device for treating container closures, for example for disinfecting container closures in a beverage bottling plant, includes a transport disk, rotatable about a vertical rotational axis, for transporting the container closures, and a helical closure guide, arranged above the transport disk, for laterally guiding the container closures, wherein the closure guide has a ceiling guide for guiding the container closures from above.
Markus Schoenfelder, Klaus Buchhauser, Angela Grünwald, Sebastian Klepatz
Filed: 6 Sep 18
Utility
Device for treating containers
14 Feb 23
A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described.
Juergen Soellner, Franz Braun, Holger Mueller, Bruno Landler
Filed: 21 Jul 20
Utility
Labelling machine for labelling containers
7 Feb 23
Labelling machine for labelling containers, having at least one docking station for a labelling apparatus and a machine control system, wherein the docking station comprises at least one network access for establishing a network connection between the machine control system and a docked labelling apparatus, wherein the network connection is designed to transmit security-relevant data and/or time-critical data, and wherein the network access is connected to a manageable Ethernet network switch of the machine control system with a DHCP server, wherein the DHCP server is adapted to assign a preset IP address determined by the DHCP server to a labelling apparatus connected to the network access.
Norbert Heimann
Filed: 1 Oct 19
Utility
Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with preform cooling
31 Jan 23
Provided is an apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having a blow mould which forms a cavity within which the plastic preforms can be expanded to form the plastic containers, and having an application device which is suitable and intended for acting upon the plastic preforms with a flowable medium in order to expand them, which is suitable and intended for acting upon the plastic preforms with a flowable medium in order to expand them, wherein the application device is placed against a mouth area of the plastic preforms in order to act upon these with the flowable medium.
Thomas Hoellriegl, Markus Stiegler, Oliver Apfelbacher, Markus Kulzer, Gerald Huettner
Filed: 30 Jun 21
Utility
Mould filling with subsequent closing under internal pressure
31 Jan 23
Disclosed is an apparatus for expanding and filling plastic parisons to form plastic containers with a liquid medium, with at least one transforming station which has a hollow mould, inside which the plastic parisons can be expanded into plastic containers and can be simultaneously filled by application of a liquid medium, wherein the transforming station is arranged on a carrier and wherein the transforming station has a filling device which feeds the liquid medium to the plastic parisons under pressure, wherein the transforming station has a pressure chamber to which a gas can be applied, wherein for filling of the plastic parisons the filling device can be introduced into the pressure chamber and after the filling can be removed at least partially, and wherein a closing unit can be introduced into the pressure chamber, in order to close the expanded und filled plastic containers.
Dominik Meier, Andreas Pense, Cora Hanesch, Andreas Vornehm, Christian Betz
Filed: 7 Oct 19
Utility
Beverage dispenser
31 Jan 23
Provided is an apparatus for filling containers with a positioning surface on which a container to be filled can be arranged, with a filling device which is suitable and intended for filling the container via its container opening.
Michael Neubauer, Alexander Hafner, Benedikt Paulus, Linda Feldmeier, Christoph Sonnauer
Filed: 16 Sep 21