Abstract:
An apparatus for treating containers, includes a transport unit that transports the containers through a clean room and a plurality of treatment elements arranged within the clean room. The clean room is separated by a plurality of walls against an environment. The treatment elements are movable, for example, rotatable in relation to a predefined axis and movable in the direction of this axis, in order to attach closure caps onto the containers. Each of the treatment elements is arranged on a carrier that extends through a wall of the clean room, and each has a sealing unit in order to seal at least one movement of the carrier. The sealing unit includes a receptacle for receiving a liquid separating medium and a wall element movably arranged within the separating medium. At least one sealing unit has an inlet via which a cleaning medium can be supplied to the sealing unit.
Abstract:
An apparatus for the closure of containers may include at least one closure head for applying the closures. The at least one closure head is situated in a clean room sealed off by a medium. The apparatus including a movement device arranged at least in part in the clean room. The movement device is configured to produce a rotational movement of the closure head about a longitudinal axis of the movement device and a translational movement of the closure head along the longitudinal axis of the movement device. The movement device is contacted at least locally by the medium for sealing off the clean room from a non-clean room.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for treating packaging and an installation for filling and closing packaging, including an apparatus for treating packaging. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
Abstract:
Rotatable bottle or container capping machine for screwing threaded screw caps onto a threaded mouth portion of filled bottles or containers to close filled bottles or containers, and a method of operation thereof. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R.§1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R.§1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for closing containers, comprising a closing device (2) which applies closures to the containers, wherein this closing device comprises a movable closing head (22) for applying closures to the containers and is arranged in the interior of a sterile chamber (4) of the apparatus (1) and can move in a longitudinal direction (L) of the containers to be closed, and wherein at least one wall (12) is provided which delimits the sterile chamber (4), wherein the closing device (2) is arranged on a carrier (6) which is arranged partially inside the sterile chamber (4) and partially outside the sterile chamber (4), extends through the wall (12) and moves in the longitudinal direction (L) relative to the wall (12), and wherein arranged in the interior of the sterile chamber (4) is a first sealing element (10) which is elastic in the longitudinal direction (L) and which seals off from the sterile chamber (4) a region (6a) of the outer periphery of the carrier (6).
Abstract:
For closing bottles with sterile caps, the caps are placed in a non-sterile environment in a vertical arrangement and are supplied vertically to a first sterile area. The interior of the caps is arranged to be accessible horizontally. The caps are sterilized in the first sterile area and transferred to a second sterile area where the caps are placed onto bottles. Subsequently, the bottle is closed with the cap. The machine for sterile closing of bottles with caps has a sterilization device with an individualization device for picking up caps and a vertical transport path feeding the caps to the sterilization chamber. A placing device receives the caps from the sterilization device and places the caps onto bottles. A closing device closes the bottles with the cap placed thereon. The sterilization device, the placing device, and the closing device operate as synchronized modules of a linear machine.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a sterilizing device (10) for sterilizing closures (16), such as lids and caps for containers, such as bottles and jars, which device comprises a housing (12), provided with a closure entry (14) for supplying closures, a closure exit (18) for discharging sterilized closures from the device, a sterilizing-agent feed (21) for feeding sterilizing agent into the device and a discharge (28; 30) for discharging used sterilizing agent, as well as pass-through means (20) for passing closures (16) through the housing (12), the pass-through means (20) comprising a non-rectilinear pass-through path (58) in the plane parallel to the main plane of the closures. A sterilizing method is also described.
Abstract:
Verschließelement zum Verschließen von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behältern durch Aufsetzen der Behälterverschlüsse (6) auf den jeweiligen Behälter (5) in einer Verschließelementachse (VA) und durch Fixieren der Behälterverschlüsse an dem jeweiligen Behälter, vorzugsweise durch An- oder Aufschrauben an oder auf ein Behältergewinde, mit einem Verschließkopf (8).
Abstract:
Vorrichtung zum Behandeln von Packmitteln, insbesondere in Form von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behältern (2), mit einer von einem Transporteur (5) gebildeten Transportstrecke, auf der die Packmittel (2) zumindest mit jeweils einem eine Packmittelöffnung (2.1) aufweisenden Teilbereich innerhalb eines von einer Einhausung (9) zur Umgebung hin begrenzten sterilen Innenraums (3) bewegt werden.
Abstract:
Verschließmaschine zum Verschließen von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behältern (2) mit Verschlüssen (3, 3a), mit mehreren an Umfang eines um eine vertikale Maschinenachse (MA) umlaufend antreibbaren Rotors (4) gebildeten Verschließstationen (11) mit jeweils einem Verschließwerkzeug (12, 14) und einem Behälterträger, wobei am Rotor (4) im Bereich der Verschließstationen (11) ein durch Wandungen oder wandabschnitte (6,7, 8,9) zur Umgebung hin begrenzter steriler Raum (5) gebildet ist, in welchem die an den Behälterträgern hängend gehaltenen Behälter (2) mit ihrer zu verschließenden Behältermündung (2.1) hineinreichen, und dass das jeweilige Verschließwerkzeug (12, 14) lediglich mit einem mit dem zu verschließenden Behälter (2) und/oder mit dem Verschluss (3, 3a) zusammen wirkenden Teil in den sterilen Raum (5) hineinreicht und mit allen weiteren Funktionselementen außerhalb des sterilen Raumes (5) angeordnet ist.