| KRONES AG Patent applications |
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| 20120132835 | Control Valve for Pressure Reduction - A control valve for pressure reduction, in particular for liquids containing solids and having an inlet, an outlet and a channel between the inlet and outlet, wherethe channel is formed as an elastic through-flow channel with a free line cross section which can be reduced along its longitudinal axis over an extended line section. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120130551 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING A PIPE NETWORK - A method for the automated control of a pipe network, in particular a brewing plant, for transporting flow media, where the pipe network provides a plurality of transport paths between a source and a target, and where the pipe network comprises a plurality of line sections and/or control modules, and including an automatic calculation of a transport path for a flow medium between a predetermined source and a predetermined target, and where the calculation of a transport path includes the calculation of a sequence of line sections and/or control modules between the source and the target. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126456 | Apparatus and method of producing plastics material containers - An apparatus for the conditioning of plastics material pre-forms with a tempering space for receiving a plurality of plastics material pre-forms, with a supply device a removal device, and a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms from the supply device to the removal device in such a way that each plastics material pre-form remains in the tempering space for a preset duration of the dwell period. The temperature of the plastics material pre-forms upon leaving the removal device is substantially constant irrespective of a duration of the dwell period of the plastics material pre-forms in the tempering space and the conveying device is designed in such a way that each plastics material perform remains in the tempering space for a period of time of at least five minutes. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125515 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LABELLING DEVICE - A method for controlling a labelling device, that is part of a block system including a supply device for supplying articles to be labeled, includes supplying, by the supply device, a predetermined number of the articles such that the labelling device and the supply device are each operated at a first operating speed. The predetermined number of the articles are delivered, in an automated manner, to the labelling device. A drive of the labelling device is decoupled from a corresponding drive of the supply device. The labelling device is then operated at a second operating speed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120117923 | Packaging module for packs or groups of articles to be wrapped in film - A packaging module for wrapping packs or article groups with packaging film. The packs or article groups to be wrapped are transported in an upright position on a horizontal conveying device to a packaging station. A film wrapping device includes at least one wrapping rod extending perpendicular to the transport direction and is guided on both long sides of the horizontal conveying device by continuous traction devices. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120113248 | DEVICE FOR INSPECTING CONTAINERS - Device for inspecting containers or the like, in particular bottles of glass or plastics, with an inspection module mounted at a conveying path, where, be able to adapt the device more flexibly to corresponding customer demands and to reduce assembly and adjustment works, the device is formed as a modular inspection unit with a support with location places for a plurality of inspection modules. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111804 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS - An apparatus for purifying thermoplastic polymers, including a means for generating and conveying a polymer melt, the means including a first heating unit and a filter means, and the filter means including a second heating unit. And a method for purifying thermoplastic polymers, including a step of filtering a polymer melt by way of a filter means, wherein the filter means is at least temporarily heated to a temperature which is higher than that of the polymer melt. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120101628 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING A HANDLING UNIT OF FILLED CONTAINERS - A method for assembling a handling unit of filled containers and a corresponding method, where the handling unit comprises different container types being different with respect to at least the height, base area, base area shape or the mechanical load capacity of the containers, and the supplied containers are arranged on a handling unit carrier. The arrangement of the containers with respect to the number and/or the position and/or the rotational position of the containers on the handling unit carrier is made in dependence on at least one of the above container parameters, and the handling units can be produced flexibly and with a high packing density. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101220 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURIFYING THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS - A method of purifying a thermoplastic polymer having at least one dispersed filler, including preparing a polymer melt of the thermoplastic polymer, and filtering the polymer melt, where the dispersed filler is at least partially transformed to a coagulated and filterable form before the filtering step. Also, a device for purifying the thermoplastic polymer, including means for preparing a polymer melt from the thermoplastic polymer, and filter means, and means for generating sound waves, preferably ultrasonic waves. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100238 | Blow Moulding Machine in a Modular Design - An apparatus for producing plastic containers includes a heating module that heats plastic preforms and a moulding module for moulding the preforms into containers. The heating module includes a first transport unit that transports the preforms during the heating and a first interface. The moulding module is downstream of the heating module in the transport direction and includes a blow moulding unit for applying a flowable medium onto the preforms for expansion thereof, a second transport unit that transports the preforms during the expansion, and a second interface. The first and second interfaces allow a mechanical connection and an electrical connection between the modules such that the moulding module may be disposed on the heating module and at least one further module integrated between the heating and moulding modules. The further module treats the preforms following the heating and prior to the moulding. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099846 | Heating device for the tempering of preforms - A heating device for tempering preforms before processing in a stretch blow device. The heating device includes a heating alley with a plurality of infra red emitters, arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tempered preforms. At least one back reflector and/or one filter is assigned to the infra red emitters, whereby the at least one back reflector and/or the at least one filter is segmented. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098166 | Mould Carrier and Stretching Carriage Valve - A stretch blow moulding machine may include a blow moulding unit, having at least a first and a second mould carrier for receiving at least one mould part, which can be moved relative to one another, connected to one another to form a first working space for receiving the containers, and detached from one another to release the containers. A second working space may be formed between at least one mould part and at least the first mould carrier. A fluid communication system can feed a working fluid to the first and second spaces. At least one valve device for intermittent complete disconnection of fluid communication between at least one of the working spaces and the fluid system is arranged such that pressure of the working fluid within the fluid system is independent of changes in the state of the second space when the fluid communication is disconnected. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098159 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND/OR PLASTIC PREFORMS - The invention comprises a method for producing plastic containers and/or plastic preforms by means of an injection moulding machine, comprising the steps of: providing plastic recyclate and new plastic material, heating the plastic recyclate, and heating the new plastic material using at least a part of the heat contained in the heated plastic recyclate. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098153 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF PREFORMS - A plant for the continuous production of preforms for plastic containers using at least polyester recyclate for the filling of foodstuffs, having at least one melt-producing upstream plant section, at least one preform producing injection molding plant section, and a plant control system, where at least the melt-producing upstream plant section and the injection molding plant section are interlocked at an interface to form a plant block. For the derivation of process alteration strategies and/or preform qualifying strategies, an inline measurement station including an evaluating device is provided at the interface for at least one quality parameter of the melt measured in the process flow. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120093992 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STRIPPING WORT - An apparatus and a method for stripping wort, with the apparatus including a receptacle that has a wort inlet and a wort outlet, and a heater on the side wall of the receptacle as well as a distributor device which applies the wort to the heating surface of the heater, such that the wort runs down the heating surface as a film. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091636 | Apparatus for Reshaping Plastic Preforms, Having a Heating Device - An apparatus for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a plurality of blow-moulding stations that each have at least one receptacle space, within which the plastic preforms can be expanded into the plastic containers. The apparatus also includes a conveying device that conveys the containers along at least one specified travel path, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of heating devices that are arranged along the travel path of each container, upstream of the blow-moulding stations, wherein at least one heating device is allocated to at least one blow-moulding station. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091091 | TAMPER-EVIDENT SEAL FOR A BOTTLE CLOSURE - A bottle having a closure and a tamper-evident seal for the closure, with at least one sealing mark applied in an area between the closure and the bottle, so that the sealing mark is destroyed by partially opening the closure. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090413 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FILTERABILITY OF BEER - The Invention relates to a method for determining the filterability of beer, said method having the following steps: a) taking a wort or beer sample, b) filtering the sample on a plurality of filters of varying pore size, c) determining the size of the particles on the filter surfaces of the filters, d) qualitative analysis of the particles on the filter surfaces and assigning the measured particles to certain substances or groups of substances present in beer or the wort, wherein evidence on the filterability can be obtained from the size of the particles of different substances or groups of substances of individual fractions. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089252 | Apparatus and Method of Detecting a Rotational Setting of Plastics Material Pre-Forms - An apparatus for the detection of a geometrical position of plastics material containers, for example, plastics material pre-forms, having a base member and a thread region may include an image-recording device, which records a locally resolved image of the plastics material container. The image-recording device is arranged in such a way that it observes the plastics material container substantially along its longitudinal direction. The apparatus includes an illumination device, which illuminates at least one region of the plastics material container observed by the image-recording device, and an evaluation device, which on the basis of an image recorded by the image-recording device determines a rotary setting of the plastics material container with respect to its longitudinal direction. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085620 | DEVICE FOR ORIENTING OBJECTS - A device and a method for orienting objects, in particular preforms for the manufacture of plastic containers, where the preforms are handed over to the entry side of an orientation section via a feeding conveyor, and a discharge means is provided which returns non-oriented preforms via a return feeder. For a constructively simple and quick return, the discharge means is connected directly with the entry side of the orientation section via the return conveyor. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085619 | Method for Transferring an Article - A method for transferring an article from a first conveying device to a second conveying device, where at least one conveying device comprises at least one motor, including determining a load of the at least one motor, and adjusting the relative positioning of the first conveying device with respect to the second conveying device depending on the determined load. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085071 | METHOD OF TREATING AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER IN A CONTAINER TREATMENT PLANT - A method of treating at least one container in a container treatment plant, including marking at least one container with a marking, detecting the marking of the at least one container, selecting at least one container treatment machine of a container treatment plant and/or at least one operation setting of the at least one container treatment machine of the container treatment plant based on the detected marking, and treating the at least one container based on the selection of the at least one container treatment machine and/or the at least one operation setting. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120080827 | Device for Forming Plastics Material Preforms into Plastics Material Containers with a Variable Output Rate - A device for forming plastics material preforms into plastics material containers includes a plurality of blowing stations, each comprising blow moulds, inside which preforms can be formed into containers. The device includes an admission arrangement to expose the preforms, for the forming thereof, to a free-flowing medium, and stretching rods to extend the preforms in the longitudinal direction thereof. The device includes a transport arrangement which transports the blowing stations with the preforms along a first predefined transport path, and a control arrangement which controls movement of the stretching rods and exposure of the preforms to the freeflowing medium so that predefined sub-steps of the forming process are carried out during transport of the preforms along the first path. Sub-steps of the forming process can be carried out irrespective of geometric position of the preforms along the first path, and an output rate of the device can thus be changed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080816 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING PLASTIC PREFORMS - An apparatus for heating containers, and in particular plastic preforms, comprises at least one microwave generating unit that generates an electromagnetic alternating field in the form of microwaves, a microwave transfer unit that transfers the microwaves generated by the microwave generating unit to a resonator unit, and a transport means that transports the plastic preforms relative to the resonator unit). The resonator unit includes a resonator housing forming a receiving chamber for heating the plastic preforms. The resonator unit is arranged such that the electric field lines (E) of an electric field that heats the container are arranged obliquely in relation to a longitudinal direction of the container. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080379 | METHOD AND PRODUCTION PLANT FOR PRODUCING STERILE WATER - A method of producing sterile water from raw water during a production cycle in a production plant P, including adding a disinfectant to the produced sterile water during the production cycle to permanently monitor the condition of the sterile water and/or the production plant, and determining and evaluating a reduction of concentration of the disinfectant directly in the production stream. In a production plant suited for carrying out the method, a sterile sensor is provided directly in the production stream through which the reduction of concentration of the disinfectant added to the produced sterile water can be permanently measured and evaluated to provide a sterility evidence. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080375 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING FILTERED LIQUIDS - A method for producing filtered liquid, in particular sterile water, in a filtration device with at least one membrane unit during in each case a production cycle delimited by membrane backwash cycles of each membrane unit, in the production process at least one respective production liquid volume of a production cycle is temporarily stored before release for consumption until a verification of sterility has been obtained for the temporarily stored production liquid volume. In the device a membrane backwash system and a sterile-air test device are assigned to each membrane unit and at least one temporary store having a capacity corresponding at least to the production liquid volume arising during the production cycle is connected downstream. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079792 | Apparatus for the Closure of Containers with Clean Room - 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. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120073883 | FILLING DEVICE - A filling device for containers, especially for beverage bottles, having a filling valve with a discharge opening, a holder for the container in a suspended arrangement, and a weighing device. In order to obtain a robust weighing device and a more precise measurement at least one portion of the weighing device is arranged vertically above the discharge opening. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120070522 | APPARATUS FOR SHAPING PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS WITH A STERILE ROOM - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers includes a conveying device on which a plurality of blowing stations are arranged. Each of these blowing stations has a blow mould inside which a plastics material pre-form is capable of being shaped to form a plastics material container. The apparatus has a clean room inside which the plastics material pre-forms can be conveyed. The region of the conveying device on which the blowing stations are arranged is situated in the clean room, and at least one further region of the conveying device is arranged outside the clean room. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120070340 | Aseptic Sterilization Unit for Clean Room on Blowing Wheel - An apparatus for the treatment of plastics material containers includes at least one movable support which is arranged in an isolator room to which a sterilization agent is capable of being supplied. The isolator room is constructed in at least two parts, and a first boundary of the isolator room is fixed in position during a movement of the movable support, while a second boundary of the isolator room is connected to the apparatus in such a way that it is suitable, during a movement of the movable support, for following this movement. The apparatus has at least one device for supplying the sterilization agent into the isolator room. The supplying device is suitable for acting with the sterilization agent upon the parts of the apparatus movable relative to this device and situated inside the isolator room. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120067502 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING STRIPS OF LABELS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING STRIPS OF LABELS - An apparatus for processing strips of labels includes a strip of labels having a plurality of individual labels following one after the other. The apparatus includes a conveying device that conveys the strip of labels along a conveying path, and a position detection device provided along the conveying path that detects a position of the strip of labels. The apparatus includes a processing device that is provided along the conveying path. The processing device includes a cutting unit that is constructed and arranged to cut the strip of labels. The apparatus includes a labelling device that is arranged downstream with respect to the processing device along the conveying path. The labelling device is constructed and arranged to attach processed labels to containers. The position detection device includes an image detection device that is configured to capture two-dimensional images of regions of the strip of labels. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120064184 | Device for Processing Preforms - Fast Changer - A device for processing performs may include at least a holder device for holding at least one preform and for at least temporary contacting arrangement of at least one wall part of the preform on at least one contact device. By the at least one contact device, a temperature of the first wall part can be prespecified, which at least temporarily differs from the temperature of a second wall part that is always spaced from the contact device. The contact device may be releasably held by a carrier device forming at least in parts a holding zone for the contact device. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060965 | Apparatus and Method for Bottling Multi-Component Beverages - A method for filling containers with multi-component flowable media may include filling a first component into the container to be filled by means of a first filling assembly, transporting the container filled with the first component of the liquid to a second filling assembly, and filling a second component of the liquid into the container to be filled with the first component by means of the second filling assembly. After filling the first component into the container, a filling quantity of the first component is determined. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120058221 | MASHING METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF KVASS WORT - A mashing method for producing kvass wort and a method for producing kvass wort concentrate and kvass, where a first portion of mash, in particular a portion of rye mash, is mashed and is heated to a temperature lying below the boiling point (≦90°), a second portion of mash is mashed, and the mixed first and second portions of mash are heated in stages. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055758 | Conveyor System - A conveyor system having at least one variable capacity storage for a bottle treatment machine, at least two guides running laterally adjacent and at least one transfer guide are provided for a bottle carrier chain of curve-going coupled bottle carriers, with runs of the bottle carrier chain being transferable from one guide to the adjacent guide via the transfer guide are drivable along the guides. Each of the guides comprises at least one tension member drivable by at least one conveyor drive of the conveyor system, and a respective run of the automatically guided bottle carrier chain is arranged a certain distance along a tension member, separated there from the tension member by an air gap and is driven and guided by the respective tension member by means of a plurality of magnetic couplings which in the area of the transfer guide are automatically releasable and engageable. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055757 | Conveyor System - A conveyor system having at least one variable capacity storage for a bottle treatment machine at least two guides running laterally adjacent and at least one transfer guide are provided for a bottle carrier chain of curve-going coupled bottle carriers, with runs of the bottle carrier chain being transferable from one guide to the adjacent guide via the transfer guide are drivable along the guides. Each of the guides comprises at least one continuous tension member drivable by at least one conveyor drive of the conveyor system, and a respective run of the bottle carrier chain is arranged a certain distance along a tension member, guided there by the tension member and by means of automatically releasable and engageable positive fit and/or magnetically engaging couplings in the area of the transfer guide is driven by the tension member. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120042611 | Apparatus for Treating Packagings - An apparatus for treating packagings, and in particular containers, may include at least one transport unit which transports the containers along a specified transport path. The transport unit includes a transport element which contacts at least an area of the containers during transport via a first contact surface. The apparatus includes at least one treatment unit which treats the containers in a specified manner. The treatment unit has a treatment element which is in contact, at least temporarily, with a surface of the container via a second contact surface. At least one of the first and second contact surfaces is designed to be germicidal. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120038090 | Apparatus for the Heating of Plastics Material Pre-Forms with Sterile Room - An apparatus for the heating of plastics material pre-forms includes a conveying device, which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-determined conveying path, and at least one heating device, which heats the plastics material pre-forms during the transportation thereof. The conveying path of the plastics material pre-forms extends at least locally through a sterile room, wherein the sterile room is separated from the environment by a plurality of walls. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037832 | MULTI-PIECE VALVE DISK - A multi-piece valve disk of a sliding and/or seat valve, a ring seal with an elastic sealing ring with an external sealing zone is placed in a ring groove of the valve disk onto a dimensionally stable backup ring, and where an elastic restoring region effectively positioned between the backup ring and the external sealing zone is arranged in the backup ring, the restoring region being embodied in one piece with the sealing ring of its material adjacent to the external sealing zone of the sealing ring. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036693 | METHOD FOR CHANGEOVER OF A BLOW MOLDING MACHINE - A method for changeover of a blow molding machine. The blow molding machine has a plurality of blow mold holders and each blow mold holder includes a respective first blow mold with a respective first plurality of parts. The method includes: automatically opening a blow mold holder from the plurality of blow mold holders; removing the respective first blow mold from the blow mold holder; replacing the respective first blow mold with a second blow mold different from the respective first blow mold; and automatically closing the blow mold holder. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120034331 | Blow Mould Assembly - A blow mould assembly for moulding plastic preforms into plastic containers may include a blow mould unit forming a cavity, within which the plastic preforms can be expanded into plastic containers. The blow mould unit may be of a design that includes at least two parts. The assembly further includes a blow mould holder for receiving the blow mould unit. The blow mould holder may include at least two mould holder elements for receiving parts of the blow mould unit. The assembly further includes a locking mechanism configured to arrest at least one part of the blow mould unit with respect to at least one mould holder element. The locking mechanism includes an engagement member that exerts a force, in a latched condition of the part of the blow mould unit with respect to a mould holder element, onto a section of the part of the blow mould unit. The force holds the part of the blow mould unit relative to the mould holder element. The locking mechanism has an actuating member configured to release a latching engagement between the mould holder element and the part of the blow mould unit. An orientation of the engagement member is latched in a first position of the actuating member and the orientation of the engagement member can be changed in a second position of the actuating member. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032364 | Method and Apparatus for Operating a Plant for the Treatment of Containers with Controlled Parameter Selection - A method of operating a plant for the treatment of containers may include treating the containers with pre-set treatment parameters by a first treatment unit of the plant. The treatment parameters are capable of being altered at least in part and depend at least in part upon product parameters—characteristic of the container—of the containers to be treated. At least one product parameter characteristic of the container is determined by detecting a recognition mark associated with the container, and at least one treatment parameter is altered on the basis of this characteristic product parameter. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031173 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING VISCOSITY - A method of determining viscosity of structurally viscous fluids or beverages containing small pieces, fibers, pulps, fruit cells, cereals, particles or the like, for processing in filling, fruit juice preparation, dairy or brewery process plants, includes providing a tube rheometer having an at least substantially horizontal, straight meter tube with an inner diameter over a length of the meter tube length. At least two different volume flows are generated, exclusively gravimetrically, in the tube rheometer. The at least two different volume flows are adjusted to be substantially constant so as to determine a flow index and a consistency factor of the at least two volume flows. Pressure losses of the at least two volume flows are measured. The viscosity is determined based on the flow index, the consistency factor and the pressure losses. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031050 | Method and device for formation of groups of articles to be packaged and a profiled thrust bar to use for this purpose - The invention relates to a method for formation of a compacted arrangement of articles ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120024660 | BUFFER MEANS FOR CONTAINERS AND METHOD FOR BUFFERING CONTAINERS - A buffer means ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024327 | TREATMENT MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR BOTTLE-CLEANING OR BOTTLE-PASTEURIZING MACHINE - A machine for treating containers, having a plurality of spray tubes which are oriented transversely to a distributor channel, and of which each is secured in a releasable manner, on at least one end, to a cutout of the distributor channel, the spray-tube end and the distributor channel have provided thereinbetween a bayonet lock which can be released by a partial rotary movement about an axis of rotation, essentially parallel to the spray-tube axis. The bayonet lock is provided with a seal and has locking elements which are in mutual engagement with one another on the distributor channel and on the spray-tube end. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120021109 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LEADING MEDIA THROUGH A TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR A LIQUID PRODUCT - A method and a device for leading media in a thermal treatment system for a liquid product where, determining the led-in volume of the expelling medium while a medium is being expelled from the treatment system and by setting the determined volume of the expelling medium in a ratio to a nominal capacity of the treatment system, the shutting off of a product pipe on the outlet side following a medium change on the inlet side can be accomplished independent in time of the performance of the medium change on the inlet side. This reduces product losses and permits the treatment of residual amounts remaining in the treatment system. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018375 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECYCLING CLEANING OR RINSING WATER, IN PARTICULAR RINSER WATER - A method for recycling cleaning or rinsing water, in particular rinser water, as well as a corresponding device for carrying out the method, where, for reducing the amount of water, first filtering water with a reverse osmosis system, then providing the permeate with an additive acting in a sanitizing or disinfecting manner, to then use the permeate loaded with the additive as cleaning or rinsing water and at least join a portion of the used cleaning or rinsing water with the concentrate in a reverse osmosis system, and filtering the mixture then by means of the reverse osmosis system. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018035 | Arrangement and method for coupling several groups of machine assemblies of a container processing device - An arrangement of several machine assemblies ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017941 | INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF A BOTTLE WASHER - Method of cleaning containers, in particular bottles of glass or plastics, in a cleaning module with a cleaning machine where at least one cleaning medium is allowed to act on the containers transported through the cleaning machine, and with an inspection unit, including determining at least one control parameter with respect to the degree of soiling of the cleaned bottles, detecting the degree of soiling of the cleaned bottles, evaluating the detected degree of soiling of the cleaned bottles in view of the at least one control parameter with respect to the degree of soiling, returning bottles evaluated to exhibit an excessive degree of soiling to the inlet of the cleaning machine, and automatically controlling the cleaning parameters of the cleaning machine if the number of returned bottles, based on the number of cleaned bottles, exceeds a predetermined target value or target range. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120015088 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MIXING AND HEAT TREATING A LIQUID PRODUCT - A device and a method for mixing and heat treating a liquid product, in particular a beverage, and having a first supply pipe for providing a product concentrate and a second supply pipe for providing an aqueous dilution liquid for diluting the product concentrate, as well as a first steam injector provided at the first supply pipe to introduce a first steam quantity flow into the product concentrate, and a second steam injector provided at the second supply pipe to introduce a second steam quantity flow into the dilution liquid. The product concentrate and the dilution liquid can be simultaneously heat treated and diluted, and the heat supply can be interrupted with an only slight delay in case of a production interruption to prevent overheating of the product. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012226 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MIXING BEVERAGES - A device and method for the mixing of a beverage where, due to the fact that an aqueous mixed phase, in which the recipe constituents needed for mixing the beverage are contained and which has a higher water content than the prepared mixed beverage, is collected in a tank, the mixed phase can be added specifically to a beverage mixture of excess concentration in order to adjust the desired final concentration. The mixed phase preferably contains returned proportions of the prepared mixed beverage. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012224 | FILLING DEVICE FOR FILLING CONTAINERS - A filling device for filling containers with a food product is provided for use in the food industry. The filling device comprises at least one weighing device including at least one piezoelement configured to determine a filling amount of the food product. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012184 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LIQUID PRODUCT TO BE REUSED AND TO BE TREATED - A device and a method for providing a liquid product to be treated and reused, including a by-pass through which untreated product can be fed into a supply pipe on the outlet side while a supply tank is bypassed, allowing mixing of already treated product stored in the supply tank with the untreated product such that the mixed product can be supplied to a treatment again. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120010750 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE CLEANING EFFECT OF A CLEANING APPARATUS - The invention comprises a device for testing the cleaning effect of a cleaning apparatus, said cleaning apparatus being part of a container treatment plant, said device comprising a unit for introducing and/or applying a predetermined amount of contamination in and/or to a test container, and a unit for introducing the test container in the container treatment plant. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007290 | Blow Moulding Machine with Compressed Air Recycling - An apparatus for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers, including a plurality of blow moulding stations which each have a cavity in which the plastic preforms can be shaped into plastic containers. The blow moulding stations are arranged on a movable carrier and each have a stretching rod which stretches the plastic containers in their longitudinal direction by a movement in a stretching direction. A fluid-actuated drive device is provided for driving the stretching rod in the stretching direction. The apparatus includes a guide cam which is arranged in a stationary manner and by means of which the stretching rod can be moved counter to the stretching direction as a function of a movement of the blow moulding station. At least one portion of the guide cam is adjustable and, for example, by virtue of this adjustment a dependency of the movement of the stretching rod on the movement of the blow moulding station can be varied. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120006817 | DEVICE FOR TEMPERING - A device for tempering a mixture of a solid and a liquid phase, particularly a liquid containing fruit particles, having a container that is connected to a heat exchanger via a circulation line where the circulation line has an entry point and exit point in the container. So that the device is gentler on the product, blocks the exit point of the circulation line from the solid phase is arranged in the container. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120000746 | Guide Rail for an Apparatus for Transporting Pet-Bottles and Apparatus for Transporting Pet-Bottles - A guide rail ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000368 | INTRODUCING A FALSE BOTTOM INTO A LAUTER TUN - A method of introducing a false bottom comprising several false bottom elements into a lauter tun container, as well as a corresponding lauter tun, where, to introduce the false bottom or the false bottom elements, a false bottom introduction opening is provided in the lauter tun bottom through which the false bottom elements are introduced into the lauter tun container from the bottom. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110313688 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A PASTEURIZATION INSTALLATION - A method for monitoring the function of a pasteurization installation, and to a pasteurization installation having a device for monitoring the function, providing a quick and simple way of detecting malfunctions. For this purpose, a theoretical expected value of the resource consumption, in particular of the energy and/or water consumption, is calculated, the actual value is determined and from a deviation between the expected value and the actual value a malfunction of the pasteurization installation is concluded. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311675 | BLOW MOULD CAPABLE OF BEING STERILIZED - A method of treating devices of a plant for producing plastics material containers may include the steps of selection of at least one treatment device, acting upon the treatment device with a sterilization temperature in order to sterilize the treatment device, supplying at least one plastics material pre-form to the treatment device, shaping the plastics material pre-form to form a plastics material container, and removal of the at least one plastics material container from the treatment device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110309557 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH FEED LINE STERILIZATION - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers may include a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path, a stressing device which acts upon the containers with a flowable medium in order to expand them, a reservoir for storing the flowable medium, and a supply device which delivers the flowable medium from the reservoir to the container. A valve device controls the supply of the flowable medium into the containers, in order to expand the containers. The apparatus includes a first feed line in order to supply a flowable sterilization medium to the supply line between the reservoir and the container to be treated or in a removal line for the flowable medium, which removes the flowable medium from the containers. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110309285 | DOUBLE SEAT VALVE AND SEALING OF A DOUBLE SEAT VALVE - A double seat valve having a seat for cooperation with two valve disks which are linearly adjustable relative to each other and together relative with respect to the seat, for a seat valve function and a sliding valve function, each of the valve disks containing a ring seal with an elastic sealing ring in a ring groove, both sealing rings being manufactured with the same shapes and dimensions, each sealing ring being positioned in the ring groove with a backup ring, and both sealing rings being arranged in rotational positions differing with respect to the respective sealing function relative to the direction of adjustment of the valve disks. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110309282 | DEVICE FOR DRIVING A DOUBLE SEAT VALVE - A drive device for a double seat valve having, between flow paths, a seat and first and second valve disks, where first, second and third pistons movable in a sealed manner by alternating pressure pulses for initiating an opening cycle and cleaning cycles of the valve disks each are provided in a drive device housing, where the pistons can be selectively connected with valve disk couple elements so as to transmit movements. Pressure transmission paths lead into the drive device housing to chambers defined by the pistons, the second piston being guided in a sealed manner separate from the first piston in the drive device housing, sealing areas of the first and second pistons define a first chamber in the drive device housing, and at least one pressure transmission path leads, for the cleaning cycle of the second valve disk, laterally and transversely to the common axis of the drive device housing and the valve chamber at least directly into the first chamber. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110298145 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A device for manufacturing plastic containers, including a clocked preform manufacturing means, a temperature control means for thermal conditioning preforms manufactured in the preform manufacturing means, and a continuously working blow molding machine, where the temperature control means is designed and/or configured such that preforms that have been manufactured in one cycle of the preform manufacturing means can be differently temperature controlled. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110297194 | CLEANING SYSTEM - A cleaning system for bottles, including a housing in which at least one transport element having bottle carriers conveys the bottles through different system zones, where at least one sheet-metal wall is provided in the housing as a boundary of the bottle transport path. The sheet-metal wall can be contacted on a bottle contact side by bottles in at least one locally defined wear portion along the bottle transport path, and at least one wear plate is exchangeably arranged in the wear portion of the sheet-metal wall. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110294086 | Method and device for the temperature control and/or regulation of a preform heating device - A method for the temperature control and/or regulation of a heating device ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294085 | Method and device for the temperature control and/or temperature regulation of a preform heating device - A method for the temperature control and/or regulation of a heating device ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291332 | Method and device for the temperature control of preforms - A method for the at least two-stage temperature control of preforms ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110290407 | SPLICING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPLICING A SHEET-LIKE FLAT MATERIAL - A splicing device ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289883 | CONTAINER TREATMENT PLANT AND METHOD OF TREATING CONTAINERS - A container treatment plant, with a discontinuously working container treatment machine and having a feed conveyor and/or a discharge conveyor each for individual containers, and in the feed conveyor and/or the discharge conveyor, at least two continuously driven, circulating conveyor means supplying each other with individual containers, and where the conveyor means being closer to the discontinuously working container treatment machine in the conveying direction exhibits a closer conveying pitch than the conveying pitch of the conveyor means which is further away. In this manner, a container acceptance and/or transfer interruption caused by the respective cycle standstill of the discontinuously working container treatment machine is compensated by the conveying pitch difference to be able to continuously supply individual containers for the discontinuously working machine or continuously discharge them from the discontinuously working container treatment machine. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110283659 | WRAPPING DEVICE WITH A ROD-SHAPED WRAPPING ELEMENT - A wrapping device ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110278134 | Rotary device for the transport of articles - A rotary device ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110277881 | FILLING DEVICE - A filling device for filling containers with a liquid, including several filling elements, each of the filling elements having a filling valve, a filling tube and a return gas tube, where the filling tubes of the filling elements are arranged at a first common support and the return gas tubes of the filling elements are arranged at a second common support, and where the position of the second common support can be adjusted relative to the position of the first common support. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110272861 | METHOD FOR PRE-TREATING PREFORMS AND BLOW MOLDING APPARATUS FOR PRE-TREATING AND BLOW MOLDING PREFORMS INTO CONTAINERS - A method for pre-treating preforms ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272329 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SORTING OUT FINE PARTICLES FROM A PARTICLE MIXTURE - A method for sorting out fine particles from a particle mixture arranged on a surface of a support element wherein the particle mixture comprises particles of different sizes, in particular fine particles with a diameter of up to 1 mm, where the fine particles are at least partially sorted out from the particle mixture by means of an electrostatically charged separating element. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272244 | Conveyor line for the transport of articles - A conveyor line ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110262576 | STRETCH-BLOW MOLDING MACHINE - a stretch-blow molding machine with at least one blow molding station, where for electric stretching, at least one stretching rod is coupled with a drive unit comprising an electric servomotor, and the stretching rod can be changed in a defined, at least approximately axial direction, and has a stretching rod quick change device transferable between a centered operating position and a change position. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262574 | BLOWING MACHINE - A blowing machine used to produce containers of correctly temperatured preforms in blowing stations including correctly temperatured blow molds, having functional get-up components such as at least electric servomotors assigned to at least the blowing stations to control and/or monitor secondary functions of functional get-up components during production. In order to bring at least some of said functional get-up components for secondary functions to the correct temperature, an electrically operated, controllable liquid temperature control system is supplied by at least one temperature control device and is integrated into the blowing machine and guided through the functional get-up components. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260373 | STRETCH-BLOW MOLDING MACHINE - A stretch-blow molding machine having at least one blow molding station, in which a split blow mold, an adjustable blow nozzle with a valve section, a stretching rod with a stretching rod drive system, and an electronic control unit are provided, the electronic control unit arranged in the blow molding station is equipped with hardware and software for selectively operating the blow molding station with a combination of a cam drive and a pneumatic drive, or a combination of an electric servo drive and a pneumatic drive, or only an electric servo drive in the stretching rod drive system. The movement of the stretching rod is initiated in the stretch-blow molding machine in the production process of a container by means of an electric servomotor with the beginning of or during the locking phase of the blow mold and before the blow nozzle is placed, and the stretching rod is already displaced to a position in which the stretching rod is either very closely approached to the preform bottom or contacts the preform bottom, or has even already pre-stretched the preform, until the blow nozzle is placed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110259766 | SECONDARY PACKAGING COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES OR CONTAINERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PACKAGE | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110259563 | CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGER - Connection element for connecting a heat exchanger element of a tubular heat exchanger with at least one product-carrying pipe to a flow system, where the connection element has a through hole, and a flow separation edge is formed on the circumference of the through hole. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110256493 | Method and device for cooling of IR emitters for preforms - A method for cooling IR emitters in a heating device for warming preforms before processing them in a stretch blow or blow molding device. IR emitters are arranged on at least one sidewall of the heating device parallel to the transport direction of the preforms, with at least one back reflector arranged on the side of the IR emitters facing away from the performs. The preforms to be warmed include a mouth region and a longitudinal axis and the mouth region is cooled with a first coolant flow. An almost vertical second coolant flow passes between the IR emitters and the at least one back reflector, this second coolant flow being at least partially fed by the almost horizontal first coolant flow and/or is united with the almost horizontal first coolant flow. A heating device and cooling device are also provided. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110256256 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING A CONTAINER PRODUCT - An apparatus and a method for handling a container product, in particular a container or a preform for producing a container, where the product is provided with an orientation mark and adapted to be rotated to a predetermined rotary angle position relative to a holder by an orienting means. To do so in a structurally simple and reliable manner, the orienting means are arranged at a transfer site between a holder of a first conveying unit and a holder of a second conveying unit, at which the holders move relative to one another in an accompanying movement, and the rotary movement of the product to the predetermined rotary angle position is derived from the relative movement of the holders. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110253708 | Device for heating plastic containers and resonator therefor - The invention relates to a device ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110247745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EQUIPPING CONTAINERS - Method and device for equipping containers as well as containers with a circumferential label which encloses the container circumference, where the circumferential label, which presents a front edge and a back edge, and which is made of rigid cardboard material, is brought closer with its front edge to the lateral surface of a container, attached to the latter at least temporarily by gluing, then wrapped upon the circumference of the container, and the back edge is attached at least temporarily by gluing to the lateral surface joint on joint with the front edge in a lying position. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110244069 | QUICK-CHANGE BLOWING NOZZLE - The invention relates to a device ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110236524 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED STRETCHING ROD - A hollow stretching rod ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236517 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A method of manufacturing plastic containers by a blow molding machine, where the blow molding machine is operated such that at least two different plastic containers are output from the blow molding machine within one production cycle. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233410 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TESTING FILLED CONTAINERS FOR FOREIGN BODIES - An apparatus for the inspection of filled containers may include a first radiation device which directs radiation onto the liquid to be tested and present in the container, and an image-recording device which records at least part of the radiation directed from the first radiation device onto the liquid and reflected or scattered by the container. The image-recording device may be designed for recording a spatially resolved image, wherein the apparatus has at least one further radiation device or one further image-recording device. The radiation devices and the image-recording device are arranged in such a way that an observation of the liquid is carried out on at least two image-recording paths which are different from each other. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110232237 | Device and Method for Producing Plastic Containers and Plastic Containers Produced by Said Method - The invention relates to a device for moulding plastic blanks to give plastic containers with a blow mould ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110232233 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING CONTAINERS HAVING A HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE ISOLATOR - An apparatus for treating containers may include a treatment chamber in which the containers are treated, and a conveyor unit which transports the containers within the treatment chamber. The treatment chamber can be isolated by means of at least one wall from an environment external of the treatment chamber in such a way that sterile conditions can be achieved in the treatment chamber, and by means of at least one treatment unit which treats the containers within the treatment chamber. At least one wall of the treatment chamber is arranged to be movable. A sealing assembly seals the treatment chamber in an area with regard to elements of the apparatus, which are movable relative to each other, against the environment external of the treatment chamber. The sealing assembly includes a surrounding channel, into which a liquid sealing agent can be introduced, as well as a secondary wall which is arranged within the channel at least in sections. The secondary wall is movable relative to the channel in the circumferential direction of the channel, and the secondary wall is movable in a direction that is perpendicular to the circumferential direction. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110226590 | CONVEYOR UNIT FOR A TRANSPORT SYSTEM OF ARTICLES AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A conveyor unit for a transport system of articles including a first conveyor chain and a second conveyor chain, located one downstream from the other in a direction of transport. The first and the second conveyor chain each comprise two conveyor sub-chains, which are arranged in such a way that a region of overlap is formed between a conveyor sub-chain of the first conveyor chain and a conveyor sub-chain of the second conveyor chain. During the transfer from the first conveyor chain onto the region of overlap and from there onto the second conveyor chain the article is always supported by at least one conveyor sub-chain. A velocity of at least one conveyor sub-chain therein is such that an alteration of a state of motion of the article is achievable within the conveyor element. Furthermore a transport system for articles is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of conveyor elements. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110226381 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BOTTLING PLANT - A method of controlling a bottling plant, including detecting an operating state of the bottling plant, determining whether for the detected operating state the energy consumption and/or the consumable consumption of at least one consumer of the bottling plant can be reduced, and if it is determined that the energy consumption and/or the consumable consumption of at least one consumer can be reduced, reducing the energy consumption and/or the consumable consumption of the at least one consumer. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110225930 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING ROLLS OF FILM MATERIAL WOUND THEREON AND PACKAGING MACINE - A packaging machine and a device for monitoring a roll with film material wound thereon is disclosed. By means of a sensor arrangement, an end of the film material on the roll may be detected. The sensor arrangement includes at least one optoelectric sensor arranged stationary relative to a front side of the roll. The optoelectric sensor is designed such that a portion of an outer circumference of the rotating roll may be detected. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110220819 | ACTUATOR - An actuator for a rotary function element, having a housing with at least one pressure means supply and being closed at both sides by a cover, in which housing a piston is guided to reciprocate in a sealing manner, the piston containing diametrically opposed, convolution-like connecting links for a transverse axis of an actuator shaft rotatably mounted in one cover, and having two guide rods Firmly anchored in the housing only at one end and engaging into guides in the piston, with the one guide rod anchored in one cover, whereas the other guide rod is anchored in the other cover, and the two guides end blind in the piston in opposite directions. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220460 | Apparatus and Method for Distributing Articles within a Stream of Articles - An apparatus ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110219728 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A method for producing plastic containers includes feeding plastic preforms to a shaping unit, shaping the plastic preforms to plastic containers, and filling the plastic containers with a liquid. The method further includes closing the plastic containers with plastic closures, wherein the plastic closures are produced of a plastic material and are heated during the manufacturing process. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110214818 | Machine for Equipping Articles with Labels - A machine for equipping articles with labels, such as vessels or similar items, including at least one carousel which transports the articles, at least one exchangeable labeling aggregate which is arranged on the periphery of the carousel for equipping the articles, where, on the periphery of the carousel, at least one stationary floor-supported aggregate reception for a labeling aggregate is arranged. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110209796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE STERILE FILLING OF TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCT FLOWS INTO A CONTAINER - A method and an apparatus for the sterile filling of two different product flows into a container, where the first product flow is thermally treated for pasteurizing/sterilizing, is cooled down and fed to a filling valve, and the second product flow is thermally treated for pasteurizing/sterilizing, and then, in the hot state, is added to the first product flow upstream of or in the filling valve. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110203129 | Transport - and drying device for individually transported articles and method for drying individually transported articles - A transport- and drying line for individual articles, a grouped plurality of articles and/or a plurality of articles transported in a row and/or side by side, the articles at least partially showing humidity and/or liquid drops on their outer surface. The articles are each standing on a link conveyor in an airflow of drying air. A support plane is at least partially permeable for the drying air flow and flow conducting surfaces are arranged at the lower surface of the support plane for the drainage of the humid drying air carrying the liquid removed from the articles to be dried. A method for transporting and drying of individual articles, a grouped plurality of articles and/or a plurality of articles transported in a row and/or side by side whereby the articles at least partially show humidity and/or liquid drops on their outer surface. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110198768 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CONTAINER PREFORMS - A method for the manufacture of container preforms in which recycled plastic material is subjected to at least one heat treatment in a recycling machine before it is transferred to a preform machine, where at least a major portion of heat introduced into the plastic material during its heat treatment and storage is transferred from the recycling machine with the plastic material into the preform machine. In a plant embodied for carrying out the method, the recycling machine is coupled with the preform machine either directly or via at least one intermediate storage such that at least a major portion of heat introduced in the recycling machine during a heat treatment of the plastic material can be transferred with the plastic material into the preform machine. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198270 | ROLL SORTER DEVICE AND SORTING METHOD FOR SORTING PREFORMS AND TRANSPORT DEVICE WITH SUCH A ROLL SORTER DEVICE - A roll sorter device has a first roll that can be driven rotatably about its roll axis and a second roll that can be driven rotatably about its roll axis opposite the rotation of the first roll. The second roll is arranged spaced from the first roll such that the roll axes of the first and second rolls are arranged substantially parallel to each other. The roll sorter device may include a detection device for detecting seized and/or faulty preforms on the first or second roll and a roll arrangement modification element to modify the arrangement of the first and second rolls to each other when the detection device detects seized preforms. A sorting method for sorting performs and a transport device may employ the aforementioned roll sorter device. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198196 | DEVICE FOR CONVEYING AND/OR ACCUMULATING ARTICLES - A device for conveying and/or accumulating articles, particularly packs, along a conveying section, and having at least two conveying elements, the conveying elements being configured as endless conveyors, particularly as belt conveyors, and a drive, the at least two conveying elements being drivable by the drive particularly independently of each other. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110192704 | Apparatus and Method for the Treatment of Containers with Recognition of Fittings - An apparatus for the treatment of containers may include at least one conveying device, which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path, and at least one treatment device, which treats the container in a pre-determined manner. The apparatus may include at least one size part which is capable of being arranged in an exchangeable manner on a carrier. A first transmitter device, which at least intermittently emits a signal which is characteristic of the first transmitter device, is arranged on the size part, and the apparatus has at least one first receiver device for receiving the first signal. The apparatus may further include a second signal communication device, which emits or receives a second characteristic signal, wherein the receiver device is designed in such a way that it determines from the signals emitted whether the size part is in a predetermined position with respect to the apparatus. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110183028 | LABELER FOR LABELING PLASTIC CONTAINERS IN THE BLOW MOLD IN A ROTARY BLOW MOLDER - A labeler for labeling plastic containers in the blow mold in a rotary blow molder, with a blow wheel having arranged thereon a plurality of blow molds with a lowerable blow mold bottom, and at least one label dispenser used for providing tubular labels. The blow mold bottom is implemented such that a label can be introduced via the blow mold bottom into the blow mold before the blowing process takes place, which facilitates a spatial separation of the label supply from the feeder star wheel of the blow wheel and allows a substantially simultaneous insertion of the label and of the preform. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110180975 | LABELER AND A LABELING METHOD FOR LABELING PLASTIC CONTAINERS IN THE BLOW MOLD IN A ROTARY BLOW MOLDER - A labeler for labeling plastic containers in the blow mold as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, where due to the fact that the rotating insertion device of the labeler comprises articulated anus having each rotatably supported thereon a gripper, it is possible to remove labels from stationary magazines at a comparatively low relative speed. The articulated arms are able to follow the path of the blow molds during insertion of the labels with high speed. The grippers are rotatably supported which allows an exact radial orientation of the gripper with respect to the axis of rotation of the blow wheel that continues to rotate during insertion of the labels, to thus allow a particularly accurate and reliable labeling. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110180974 | LABELER AND A LABELING METHOD FOR LABELING PLASTIC BOTTLES IN A BLOW MOLD, IN PARTICULAR IN A ROTARY BLOW MOLDER - A labeler for in-mold labeling of plastic bottles as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, including that a transfer star wheel and a transfer device of the labeler move the preforms and the labels in a transfer region towards one another in such a way that a respective label is only affixed to a circumferential subarea of a perform. In this manner, the label can be inserted in the blow mold in a particularly fast and reliable manner and excessive stretching of the label during blow molding can be avoided. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110175260 | Device and Method for Manufacturing Plastic Containers - A device and a method for manufacturing plastic containers, where a preform is manufactured in a casting mold and finished in a blow mold, and to ensure a constructively simple realization and an improved temperature control, the casting mold and the blow mold are lined up to form a mold complex. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175246 | MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device for determining at least one parameter value for the operation of a blow molding machine, a filling machine, and/or a labeling device, and having at least one measuring element for determining the at least one parameter value and a preform dummy, and disposing the at least one measuring element in and/or at the preform dummy. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110169609 | Apparatus for the Treatment of Containers with Combined Size-Part and Fitting Detection - An apparatus for the treatment of containers may include a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path and a size part which is arranged in an interchangeable manner on the apparatus. The size part may include a first identification element based upon RFID technology in order to identify the size part. The size part may in turn include a position detection device which detects a position of at least one element of the apparatus with respect to the size part and emits a signal characteristic of this position. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110168517 | Locking and securing device for a working area of a machine - A locking device for flaps or doors that are pivotable in or on a frame or housing. The invention in particular includes a door or flap lock that serves as a protection against collisions of objects and/or persons with moving or rotating machine parts, with the possibility of unlocking said door or flap lock by manual operation. The locking device includes a movable bolt disposed on the pivotable flap or door with said bolt being manually operable via a lever, handle, or knob and interlocking with a receiving opening for the bolt that is disposed on the frame. The bolt includes several engagement elements for interlocking with a housing- or frame-anchored receiving element, with said engagement elements arranged along the direction of the bolt's longitudinal axis, which approximately corresponds to the direction of movement of the bolt on opening or closing the pivotable flap or door. The interlocking engagement and receiving elements make it necessary at least on opening the flap or door to repeatedly operate the lever, handle, or knob in at least two opposite directions of movement, pivot, or turning, thus delaying any opening movement, leaving enough time for another, previously already initiated or actuated safety device to put a stop on rotating and/or moving parts of the machine. In addition, the invention relates to a securing device for a working area of a machine having movable and/or rotating parts. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110147169 | CONTAINER TRANSPORTING DEVICE - A container transporting device having a centrally rotatingly driven star wheel including a plurality of elements for manipulating containers, a stationary column and an electric motor which forms a drive unit of the container transporting device and comprises a stator and a rotor, and the stator of which is supported relative to the column, the electric motor is an outer-rotor motor the stator of which is detachably mounted on the column, and the rotor of which carries the star wheel equipped with the elements and supports it via the stator on the column. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110135288 | Furnace for Conditioning Preforms - A furnace for conditioning preforms with several heating chambers rotating in a circle for heating one preform each with infrared radiation, and having holding devices for holding the preforms during heating, so that a section of the preform to be conditioned is essentially arranged in the heating chamber, and a section not to be conditioned is arranged outside the heating chamber. Accordingly, the section to be conditioned can be heated in a controlled and effective manner, and the section not to be conditioned can be protected from undesired heating. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133370 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILISING PLASTIC PARISONS - A device for producing plastic containers may include a heating element for heating plastic parisons, a transport system for transporting the plastic parisons along a pre-defined transport path, and a shaping element arranged along the transport path, downstream of the heating device. The shaping element shapes the plastic parisons to form plastic containers. The device has a sterilisation element that applies a free-flowing medium to a wall of the plastic parisons in order to sterilise said wall, the sterilisation device being arranged along the transport path of the containers such that the sterilisation takes place after the heating process applied to the containers in the heating device and before the end of the shaping process in the shaping element. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133369 | APPARATUS FOR SHAPING PLASTIC PREFORMS, COMPRISING A STERILE CHAMBER - An apparatus ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110132892 | Furnace for Conditioning Preforms - A rotary-type furnace for conditioning preforms with a heating wheel at which several heating modules for heating one preform each are arranged, wherein the heating modules are each a heating chamber and a holding device for the preform. The furnace has a lifting device for lifting and lowering the holding device and/or the heating chamber to change between a loading or withdrawal position, in which the preform does not overlap with the heating chamber in the direction of its main axis, and a radiation position in which a section of the preform is arranged within the heating chamber, a particularly quick and reliable transfer from an infeed starwheel can be realized. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110131923 | Capper - A capper used for a great variety of containers and comprising a container carrier, which is adapted to be driven by a capper drive motor for transporting the containers on a lower part, and an upper part, which carries at least one closing element and which is also adapted to be driven by the capper drive motor, the upper part being vertically adjustable relative to the lower part at least for adaptation to different container heights, and where the upper part is vertically adjusted by the capper drive motor, and that a clutch system is provided, which is adapted to be selectively switched between a drive function and an upper-part height adjustment function. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110127362 | PET BOTTLE RECYCLING - A method for reprocessing used PET bottles having the step of shredding the bottles to form plastic flakes, sorting the plastic flakes according to at least one criterion into at least two partial quantities, and performing an individual processing treatment including a decontamination treatment. The device permits performing the method whereby it is possible to separate the plastic flakes produced from the threaded part of a PET bottle, these flakes being more difficult to purify, from the lighter plastic flakes from the wall of the bottle, which have a thin wall and are easier to purify, and treating them further in separate reprocessing steps. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110125694 | Device and Method for the Partially or Completely Automatic Commissioning of Packs - A method for the partially or completely automatic commissioning of packs of one or several articles, in particular beverage articles, including receiving a commissioning order for preparing a target unit which comprises a target carrier and target packs of one or several articles, holding ready a source unit which comprises a source carrier and source packs of a predetermined article, automatically determining whether the source unit is suited for negative commissioning based on the commissioning order, and if the source unit is suited for negative commissioning, use of the source unit as target unit. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110123308 | Apparatus for Order-Picking and / or Restacking a Plurality of Palletised Packs - A device and a method are disclosed for loading and/or restacking a plurality of palleted containers. The device ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110120840 | BLOW MOLDING MACHINE FOR CONTAINERS AND MANDREL HOLDER - A blow molding machine for containers, having a conveyor path carrying a mandrel holder and pre-forming mandrels attached to the mandrel holders in an exchangeable manner by means of removable couplings, wherein each coupling has a mandrel clamping mechanism and a releasing element accessible form outside that can be adjusted at least relative to the mandrel holder for releasing the clamping mechanism. In the mandrel holder, particularly for use in a blow molding machine, the mandrel clamping mechanism is designed with a ball joint lock, and the ball joint lock can be released by means of a releasing element in order to exchange a performing mandrel. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110117237 | Mould Carrier with Drive - A device for moulding plastic preforms into plastic containers may include at least one blow station having a first mould part and a second mould part. The first mould part and the second mould part surround a cavity within which the plastic preforms may be expanded into plastic containers. The first mould part may be movable relative to the second mould part. The device includes a first cantilever which is disposed on the first mould part, a second cantilever which is disposed on the second mould part, a first hinge lever which is hingedly connected to the first cantilever, and a second hinge lever which is hingedly connected to the second cantilever. The first cantilever and the second cantilever may be arranged to be pivotable with regard to at least one geometrical pivot axis and may be coupled to an actuating device which causes a movement of the first cantilever and of the second cantilever for moving the mould parts. The blow station may be mounted on a transport via a carrier. The carrier may extend through a geometrical plane which is delimited by the cantilevers and the hinge levers and/or the geometrical arrangement of the cantilevers and the hinge levers may be arranged to be asymmetrical with regard to a geometrical centre line of the blow station. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110108156 | Apparatus and Method of Labelling Filled Containers - An apparatus for the treatment of containers may include a filling device, which fills the containers with a flowable medium, and a labelling device, which is arranged downstream with respect to this filling device in a conveying direction of the containers and which provides an outer wall of the filled containers with labels. The apparatus further includes a conveying device, which conveys the containers from the filling device to the labelling device, provided between the filling device and the labelling device, and a drying device, which dries the containers and acts upon them with a gaseous medium, is arranged along the conveying path of the containers between the filling device and the labelling device. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110108155 | Device and Method for Loss-Free Filling of Continuously-Mixed Media in Containers - A device for loss-free filling of continuously mixed media in containers may include a mixing tank, a filler valve, and a connecting line. The mixing tank serves to receive and mix at least two different media, of which at least one medium is a fluid, and has a closing device for closing an outlet from the mixing tank. The filler valve serves for filling the mixed media from the mixing tank in the containers. The connecting line is arranged between the outlet from the mixing tank and the filler valve. Here the closing device has a ventilation line that can be connected with the connecting line to ventilate the connecting line to the filler valve. Also a plant may include such a device and a transport device for transporting the containers to the filler valve of the device. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110089614 | Process and Device for the Manufacture of a Particularly Heat-Resistant Hollow Body - A process and a device for the manufacture of a hollow body, particularly of a heat-resistant hollow body, which is molded out of a heated preform of thermoplastic plastic in a contoured blow mold through the introduction of a first medium into the preform, which medium is stored in a first medium storage unit and is under a pressure (p1) (preblowing phase), and the more or less simultaneous stretching of the hollow body through a stretching rod and the introduction of a second medium in the hollow body, which medium is stored in a second medium storage unit and the pressure of which (p2) is higher than the pressure of the first medium (p1) (final blowing phase), and which is cooled by a third medium, which is medium stored in a third medium storage unit (rinsing phase), whereby the preblowing medium is under a pressure of approximately 2-20 bar, the final blowing medium is under a pressure of approximately 15-45 bar, and the cooling medium is under a pressure of approximately 30-45 bar. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110089613 | Process and Device for the Manufacture of a Particularly Heat-Resistant Hollow Body - A process and a device for the manufacture of a hollow body, particularly of a heat-resistant hollow body, which is molded out of a heated preform of thermoplastic plastic in a contoured blow mold through the introduction of a first medium into the preform, which medium is stored in a first medium storage unit and is under a pressure (p | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110089212 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INDIVIDUAL BLANKS FROM A FILM WEB - A device and a method for producing individual blanks from a foil web and their transport are disclosed. The foil web is fed with a first conveyor to a device for producing at least one potential parting line. The formed individual blanks are transferred with a second conveyor and fed for further processing. A tear in the individual blank is formed in the area of a guide system of the second conveyor. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110089055 | Pack of several containers and method for the production of the pack - A pack, including at least two PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping. The pack is provided with a carrier handle, which overstretches one top side of the pack and is fixed at the lateral surface areas of two PET containers which are arranged opposite of each other, next to each other or adjacent to each other, joints between the carrier handle and the respective PET container being at least partially arranged within the strapping. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110084064 | Apparatus and Method for the Controlled Heating of Plastic Receptacles - An apparatus ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110083405 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCREW CAPPING VESSELS, IN PARTICULAR BOTTLES - A method and a device for screw capping vessels, in particular bottles, by measuring the power consumption of a linear drive system for lifting and lowering the closing head in a pick phase for picking up the respective closing cap and/or in a screw phase for screwing on the closing cap being, and by comparing that measured power consumption with at least one characteristic value of the power consumption to detect an imminent or occurred incorrect closure. In this manner, vessels can be closed at a low error rate and possibly incorrectly closed vessels can be discharged from a continuous product stream at a low error rate. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110078979 | Method for replacing tools in a packaging and storage system, computer program for this purpose and packaging and storage system - A method and a computer program for converting a packaging line. A packaging and storage system for combining and packing and/or repacking of articles. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110076187 | Device for Sterilizing Containers by Way of Charge Carriers - A device for sterilizing containers may include a treatment head having an outlet window for the passing of charge carriers therethrough, a charge carrier generation source for generating charge carriers, an acceleration device disposed above the outlet window, and a cooling device for cooling the outlet window. The acceleration device accelerates the charge carriers in the direction of the outlet window. The cooling device includes a feed opening for a gaseous medium. The feed opening is disposed beneath the outlet window and directs the gaseous medium at least partially from below to the outlet window. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073511 | Pack of several containers and method for the production of the pack - The invention relates to a pack, which includes at least two PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by a strip-like or ribbon-like strap, the strap being spun about an outer surface of the PET containers in a horizontal manner, wherein an inner surface of the strap, which lies at the outer surfaces of the PET containers, is fixed at least at one junction with one of the PET containers. The strap is fixed at the junction by a material integrated bond in the form of at least one welded joint. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110067730 | METHOD FOR CLEANING CONTAINERS AND CLEANING MACHINE - A method for cleaning containers, in particular bottles of glass or plastics, and a cleaning machine with at least one cleaning medium, with the containers cleaned at least in one station preferential for the cleaning result and/or in a procedure step with at least essentially chemical-free cleaning media. The cleaning medium is advantageously a granular material, in particular granular ice, carried under pressure with compressed air or compressed water. The cleaning machine suited for carrying out the method includes downstream of an unpacking and presoaking station, a pre-cleaning station with a high pressure water blasting pre-cleaning section, and subsequently an intensive cleaning station with at least one intensive cleaning section to which a pressure blasting system for chemical-free, granular material and a carrier medium are associated, and a disinfection station following the intensive cleaning station. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110064610 | METHOD OF TESTING A STERILIZATION PROCESS AND STERILIZATION APPARATUS - A method of testing a sterilization process for a packaging member such as, for example, for containers or machines, may include the steps of acting upon at least one first region of the packaging member or of the machine with an oxidizable medium. The method further includes acting upon at least one second region of the packaging member or of the machine with an oxidizing agent. The first region and the second region overlap at least in part. The method may also include visually inspecting at least one intersection region, which has been acted upon both with the oxidizable medium and with the oxidizing agent. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110064555 | Gripper unit for supporting and transporting articles - A gripper unit for transport systems for supporting and transporting articles. A gripper unit that includes a gripper head with at least two gripper arms which can be opened and closed against each other. The top of the article to be gripped and to be transported is supported in the opening formed between the gripper arms. Besides, the gripper unit includes a shifting unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110064547 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOADING A PACK STORING DEVICE - A method for loading a pack storing device of an order-picking line with packs, particularly packs of one or a plurality of beverage articles, including providing at least one group of packs, particularly a pallet, especially the at least one group of packs comprising packs at least of a single article, particularly beverage article; and manually loading the pack storing device with at least one pack from the at least one group of packs, particularly a pallet, by one or more operators. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110064266 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING CONTAINER CLOSURES - A method for checking container closures with a checking means, including passing the container closures by the checking means by means of a conveyor medium without isolating the container closures upstream of the checking means, and checking the container closures with the checking means. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110062368 | BLOW VALVE - A blow valve of a blow-molding machine for containers, having a valve seat which is arranged in a valve chamber between an inflow channel mouth and an outflow channel mouth and has assigned thereto a valve piston which is shiftable linearly between a shut-off position and a lifted open position and which with a piston extension carrying a closing surface passes sealingly shiftably through a bore of a wall defining the valve chamber, wherein a flow path which extends through the valve chamber between the mouths is shut off in the shut-off position and released in the open position, at least one guide surface which is generally inclined relative to the shifting direction of the valve piston is provided for the lateral forced deflection of the flow on the wall and/or on the piston extension. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110061993 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING OBJECTS - A device for transporting objects having a first conveyor and a second conveyor which are guided via a coiled or spiraling conveyor line at least regionally parallel and at a horizontal distance to one another. The device contains a transfer unit, which can be moved in the gap between the conveyors with the aid of a travel drive, for transferring objects between the first and the second conveyor. The transfer unit supports a third conveyor, which can be driven via a conveyor drive independently of the first and second conveyors. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110061992 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING A PACK SEQUENCE - A method for forming a pack sequence, particularly packs of one or a plurality of articles, particularly beverage articles, including a sequence forming device, with a pack storing device for storing packs being connected to the sequence forming device via at least one transport path, the method including: transporting a pack along the at least one transport path from the pack storing device to the sequence forming device, wherein the transport of the pack is controlled such that the pack is introduced into the sequence forming device at a predetermined time. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110061343 | Method and Device for Stretch Blow Molding or Blow Molding and Filling Sterile Containers - A method for blow molding and filling sterile containers of preforms in a container treatment device containing a blow module, in which the preforms are transferred from a heating device to the blow module via transport devices, and the containers are transported to a filling machine and filled, where a sterilization treatment is performed each at the preforms and the containers, a main sterilization treatment is performed at the preforms between the heating device and the blow module, and only a subsequent sterilization treatment is performed at the containers on the transport path to the filling machine. Further, a device having a main sterilization module between the heating device and the blow module, and a subsequent sterilization module between the blow module and the filling machine. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110058156 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE MASS AND/OR A MASS PROPORTION OF A WALL SECTION OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE - A method and device for the determination of the mass and/or the mass proportion of a wall section of a plastic bottle, in particular a section in the vicinity of the bottle shoulder and/or of the bottle neck, where, due to the fact that a relative mass distribution of the side wall is calculated from a distribution of the light transmission through the side wall of the bottle, the mass proportion of the wall section to be determined of the mass of the side wall can be determined with slight error based on the mass distribution even without calculation of the absolute mass values. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057362 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLOW MOLDING CONTAINERS - A method for blow molding containers having cross-sections of a non-circular shape from preforms, in which a temperature profile varying at least in the circumferential direction of the preform is produced by means of at least one heat transfer element, for which purpose the preform and at least the heat transfer element are oriented toward one another by a relative rotational movement in the circumferential direction of the preform, the heat transfer element is rotated relative to the stationary preform about a heat transfer element axis during the relative rotational movement. Further, a device for blow molding such containers where the heat transfer element and the holder are rotatable about a heat transfer element axis and are coupled with a rotational drive. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057343 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLOW MOLDING CONTAINERS - A method for blow molding containers in blow molds of a device operated with the recovery of air from the blow molds, where operation is accomplished consecutively in a preblow stage with a low pressure and at least two further blow stages with respective higher pressures, and where subsequently, in a recovery phase with several pressure stages, air is fed from the respective blow mold, air from the blow mold is first fed into the volumes allocated to the preblow stage, with priority over a feeding at least into the volume allocated to the pressure stage following the preblow stage. Further, a blow control and a control means for the pressure in the volume, where the blow control has a program section for primarily feeding air first into the volume, and possibly for limiting the pressure in the volume to a multiple of the pressure. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057342 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSTALLING AND/OR REMOVING BLOW MOULDS - A method for removing blow moulds from a forming device for transforming plastic preforms into plastic containers may include arranging a multi-piece blow mould on a blow mould carrier. The method may include separating the blow mould in at least partly assembled state from the blow mould carrier. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056894 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING WATER, IN PARTICULAR, AN ULTRAFILTRATION METHOD - A water-filtering method has effectiveness and reduced contamination, and is in particular an ultrafiltration method, and a filtration system contains a plurality of individual filtration modules, each of which is supplied with untreated water via at least one untreated water inlet, and whose filtrate is removed via a filtrate outlet. The filtration modules are backwashed with filtrate, and are divided into groups, wherein during backwashing, each group is individually separated from the untreated water inflow and rinsed with the filtrate that is produced by the remaining groups and fed back during the backwashing. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056810 | CONVEYOR BELT - A conveyor belt, in particular for a pasteurizer, with a conveyor surface and with support rollers, which are arranged beneath the conveyor surface and support it on a carrier. In order to improve the protection of the conveyor belt against glass breakage without having to significantly increase the drive power, that the conveyor surface is formed from metal. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056663 | Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger - A shell-and-tube heat exchanger for the treatment of juices and juice-type foodstuff products with medium to high viscosity, with at least one jacket tube containing at least one inner tube, whereby the inner tube and/or the jacket tube is or are formed as a swirl tube with multi-start spirals running like a thread at an angle to the tube axis, a crossed and twisted tube with crossing spirals at least essentially symmetrical to the tube axis, each with an angle of incidence between 67° and 72° to the tube axis, i.e. with an angle of twist of 23° to 18° to the tube axis, is used as an inner and/or outer tube. The spiral depth is about 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056653 | Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger - A shell-and-tube heat exchanger including a casing tube and at least one inner tube for treating liquid food products, optionally also with a product/product flow guidance, and having at least one thermal-expansion compensating device for the casing and/or inner tube, with the compensating device having a surface which can be contacted by the product to be treated, where the surface is provided on a bellows integrated into the casing and/or inner tube, with a plurality of relatively wide folds which extend around the tube axis and are of rounded cross-section, with the respective fold being configured with a radial depth and an axial width with a ratio of B:T of about 1 or more and to be cleanable on the product side in a hygienically irreproachable way. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056174 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAKING PACKS - A method for making packs of in each case at least two coupled articles which are held together by a strap wherein said strap is stretched in a horizontally manner about the outer surfaces of the articles. Said strap is laid about the articles during a continuous conveying process and fixed afterwards. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056172 | Apparatus and Method for Producing Plastic Bottles - A method and an apparatus for producing plastic bottles, including a blow molding machine, a labeler, at least one further treatment machine, and transfer starwheels provided and arranged for the machine-to-machine transportation of the bottles in such a way that the bottles are transported without buffers between the at least three machines. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110052747 | APPARATUS FOR THE SHAPING OF PLASTICS-MATERIAL CONTAINERS WITH A BLOW MOULD - An apparatus for the shaping of plastics-material containers with a blow mould, wherein the blow mould has at least one first and one second blow-mould part, may include at least one first and one second carrier element for holding the blow-mould parts. The carrier elements are movable relative to one another at least in one plane, in order to be transferred at least from a closed configuration into an opened configuration. In this case the carrier elements each have a receiving area for receiving one blow-mould part in each case, wherein the blow-mould parts in the closed configuration form at least one cavity for the expansion of the containers. The blow-mould parts may be capable of being coupled in a magnetic and releasable manner to each other and/or at least one of the blow-mould parts is capable of being coupled in a magnetic and releasable manner to at least one carrier element. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052744 | MAGAZINE APPARATUS FOR THE STORAGE OF BLOW MOULDS AND METHODS OF STORING BLOW MOULDS - A magazine apparatus including a plurality of receiving elements that are constructed and arranged to separately receive individual blow moulds each having a plurality of parts and each configured to shape plastic-material pre-forms into plastic-material containers. The magazine apparatus being constructed and arranged to store a plurality of blow moulds outside the working operational area of a blow moulding machine. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050884 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING LABELED CONTAINERS - An apparatus and a method for inspecting labeled containers, allowing a detection of holes in the label, with a high hit rate, even in cases where the color of the label is similar to that of the filled product, wherein the label is irradiated with visible light and invisible light and/or is imaged in incident light and transmitted light. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049742 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSTALLING AND/OR DEINSTALLING BLOW MOULDS - A method for operating a transforming device for transforming plastic preforms into plastic containers may include at least one blow mould carrier and a multi-part blow mould arranged on the blow mould carrier. A holding connection may be provided between the blow mould and the blow mould carrier. The holding connection between the blow mould carrier and the blow mould may be detached or established in an at least partially automated manner. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049387 | HANDLING OF CONTAINERS WITH DIRT DETECTION - A method of operating a device for the handling of containers, wherein the containers are conveyed at least locally through the device and are handled by the device in at least one pre-set manner, and wherein at least one flowable medium is used to operate the device. According to various aspects, pre-set areas of the device are irradiated by means of a radiation device in order to make at least one medium detectable in an area of the device in which the medium is present in a non-functional manner. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049050 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SEPARATION UNIT HAVING A REVERSE OSMOSIS ELEMENT AND REVERSE OSMOSIS UNIT - A method of controlling a separation unit, having a reverse osmosis element, a raw water pump, a concentrate and permeate outlet conduit, where a predetermined yield is substantially kept constant, and where the raw water pump is controlled in response to a flow rate measurement of the raw water between the raw water pump and the reverse osmosis element. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110048904 | CARRIER AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING A CONTAINER - A carrier for transporting at least one container along a conveyor path, the carrier having a base that can be placed on a conveyor surface of the conveyor path and at least one retaining means for retaining the container at least during transport, where the container has a lower region and an upper head region during transport, and the retaining means is configured and disposed in the carrier for engaging at the head region of the suspended container. A method for transporting the container utilizing the carrier, where the container is inserted in the carrier such that it is supported at the head region and retained during transport in a suspended manner. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110048674 | HOLDING MODULE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER TUBES - A holding module for heat exchanger tubes, a rack with such holding modules as well as a method for setting up such a rack, where the holding module includes a lower module half which comprises several recesses into each of which one heat exchanger tube can be placed, an upper holding module half which comprises several recesses and which can be placed onto the lower holding module half such that its recesses are lying opposite to the recesses of the lower holding module half, such that the heat exchanger tubes are held in the recesses. Further, at least one connecting element connects the upper and the lower holding module halves. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110048573 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STERILE LIQUID FOR A FILLING SYSTEM - An apparatus for providing a sterile liquid for a filling system for filling containers, including a first liquid reservoir for receiving a first liquid, a second liquid reservoir for receiving a second liquid, a sterilizing device for sterilizing the first and/or second liquid, and a withdrawal device for selectively withdrawing a sterile liquid from the first or second liquid reservoir. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110048463 | SPRAYING DEVICE - A spraying device for a container cleaning system having a container conveyor by means of which containers are transported with their opening facing downwards is described, with the spraying device having spray nozzles acting from the bottom onto the container. To clean the outer side of the containers, the spraying device contains an external spray nozzle directed to the outer surface of the container. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110042184 | Device for grouping and / or separating of articles - A device for grouping and/or separating of articles which are transported on a conveyor device ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041979 | Apparatus and method for labeling containers with different types of labels - An apparatus ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110037187 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH CLEANING SYSTEM - An apparatus for transforming plastic preforms into containers may include at least one blow mould which forms a cavity, inside which the plastic preforms can be transformed into containers. The apparatus may include a pressure application device for applying a medium to the plastic preforms in order to expand the preforms against an inner wall of the blow mould delimiting the cavity. The apparatus may include a stretching rod for stretching the plastic preforms in the longitudinal direction. The apparatus may include a cleaning device for cleaning regions of the blow mould. The cleaning device may include at least one outlet opening for a cleaning medium for cleaning the blow mould, and this outlet opening is arranged at least at times inside the blow mould. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110033276 | Handling device for moving goods - A handling device ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110033269 | CONTAINER-HANDLING PLANT WITH RETROACTIVE CORRECTION CAPABILITY AND METHOD FOR RETROACTIVELY CORRECTING FAULTS OCCURRING WITHIN A CONTAINER-HANDLING PLANT - A device and a method for the handling of containers with a plurality of handling units. A defective state in a handling element situated downstream can be recognized and as a reaction to this recognition a specified container conveyed upstream can be separated out, namely preferably that container which in the further operating sequence would arrive at the handling element known to be operating defectively. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110033267 | LOCK DEVICE FOR ADDING AND REMOVING CONTAINERS TO AND FROM A VACUUM TREATMENT CHAMBER - A lock device for adding and removing containers to and from a vacuum treatment chamber, wherein the device comprises carrier plates for the containers, the plates being fastened to a revolving transport means and being transported through lock channels provided in straight sections of the transport means, achieving a sealing effect with said channels. The plates are moved past suction or ventilation openings in the lock channel. In this way, a differential pressure stage can be formed. The device can be flexibly dimensioned and cost-effectively produced. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110030918 | Method and Device for Heating, In Particular Highly Viscous Products - A method for heating, in particular of highly viscous products, and a device for performing the method, wherein the product is pre-heated to a first temperature T1 in a first step with at least one product/water heat exchanger section with water as the heating medium, wherein the water cools down. The product is further heated to a second temperature T2 in a second step with at least one product/product heat exchanger section | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110027409 | RAPID CHANGEOVER MECHANISM FOR BOTTOM PORTIONS - An apparatus for moulding plastic preforms into plastic containers may include at least one blow moulding station having a cavity. Within the cavity, the plastic preforms may be expanded into plastic containers. The blowing station has a bottom portion which delimits the cavity. The bottom portion is detachably disposed on a carrier by a fastening mechanism. The fastening mechanism has at least one pin-like body disposed on a first fastening element. The pin-like body engages in a condition in which the bottom portion is fastened to the carrier in a groove which is provided in a second fastening element. The pin-like body is displaceable relative to the carrier in the groove for fastening the bottom portion, and the groove is designed in such a way that an end section of the pin-like body may pass through the groove in a first section of the groove and cannot pass through the groove in a second section of the groove. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025840 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR DETECTING FOREIGN BODIES IN A FILLED CONTAINER - An inspection device and an inspection method for detecting foreign bodies in a filled container, and having at least one inspection camera, a transport device for the at least section-by-section linear transport of the container and at least one vibration device for vibrating the container, where foreign bodies in the containers can be set in motion without complicated acceleration and retarding of the container and the movements can be registered and compared as single images by the inspection cameras even with a stationary camera position. The construction of the device is less space-consuming and less complicated than for machines of the rotary type and the detection of foreign bodies is more reliable than with conventional machines of the linear type. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110024952 | Device and method for blow molding plastic containers - A device for blow molding plastic containers includes an openable and closable blow mold for the conversion of tempered plastic preforms, whereby an inner blow pressure is applied to the plastic containers. The blow mold contains at least two shell like blow mold pieces that are arranged interchangeably at a blow mold carrier and that each contains cooling fluid pipes as conducts for a cooling fluid extending therein to temper the blow mold during and/or after blow molding of the plastic containers. The cooling fluid pipes in the blow mold are connected to a central cooling fluid supply. A coupling module that is associated with the blow mold carrier is arranged between the central cooling fluid supply and the cooling fluid pipes extending in the blow mold pieces. The coupling module and the blow mold carrier are associated spatially and/or structurally. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110023996 | Device for Filling Containers | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110023994 | APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING MULTI-COMPONENT BEVERAGES - An apparatus for filling liquids and in particular beverages into containers, including a filling device for filling the liquid into the containers, including a liquid line which supplies the liquid to the filling device, wherein the liquid in the liquid line flows in a first flow direction and wherein a flow measuring device is disposed in the liquid line, which flow measuring device determines the quantity of the liquid passing through the flow measuring device in the first flow direction. According to the invention, the flow measuring device is designed in such a way that it also determines the quantity of the liquid passing through the flow metering device in a second flow direction which is opposite to the first flow direction. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110016831 | Method and machine to group and join articles - The present invention concerns a method and a machine to group and join at last two articles by attaching a first packaging to form a packaging unit. The individual packaging units are joined together with an additional second packaging to form a bigger unit. The process is carried out continuously, whereby the packaging units are transposed or not. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110005635 | APPARATUS FOR FILLING CONTAINERS WITH MULTICOMPONENT LIQUIDS - An apparatus for filling containers with liquids and in particular with beverages may include a filling device, which fills the liquid into the container. The filling device has a valve device for controlling the liquid flow into the container including a first supply line for supplying a first liquid to the filling device and comprising a second supply line for supplying a second liquid to the filling device, wherein the first supply line and the second supply line are separate from one another at least in some sections. The apparatus may have a control device configured in such a way that, at the start and at the end of a filling process for a container, this container is filled only with the first liquid. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110005169 | CUTTING DISC, CUTTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING PACKAGE UNITS - A cutting disc for separating containers ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110001274 | BLOW MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODIES - A blow molding machine for producing hollow bodies, particularly wide-necked containers, having a blow nozzle and a blow mold for accommodating a preform. To save air during the blowing process in a simple way, a plunger is introduced into the preform during the blowing operation. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100327474 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING A BLOW MOLDING MACHINE AND BLOW MOLDING MACHINE - A method for converting a blow molding machine with a plurality of rotatingly movable molds heated to a heat-set operating temperature, due to mold change, having at least one simulated work cycle carried out in the blow molding machine with molds left empty, and a cooling medium then simultaneously supplied to all mold cavities from the outside so as to cool the molds in comparison with the heat-set operating temperature. In a machine control the blow molding machine has a program routine for performing at least one simulated work cycle with empty molds and at a reduced rotational speed of the molds with external supply of a cooling medium into the molds. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100327036 | Device for Spreading a Foil Web - A device for spreading foil webs, with the device guiding apart the strips of a foil web that has been separated into at least two web sections in such a way that at least two packages can be packed, i.e. in particular wrapped, simultaneously in parallel next to each other. The foil web that has been separated into at least two web sections is guided over at least two adjustable bodies, said bodies including microopenings at least in the area whereover the foil is guided, with said microopenings being impingeable with compressed air. Preferably, the bodies can be arranged at an angle relative to one another. A method is also provided for separating and guiding the foil web, which has been split into at least two web sections, by a device wherein the described foil web is guided over bodies that are at least adjustable and impingeable with compressed air. According to the invention, the foil web is held at a distance from the said bodies with the aid of a multitude of fine-pored openings that are impingeable with compressed air. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100326793 | APPARATUS FOR FEEDING CONTAINERS TO A DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING UNIT - An apparatus ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100324723 | HANDLING INSTALLATION, IN PARTICULAR FOR CONTAINERS, WITH A RETROACTIVE CORRECTION CAPABILITY - A device and a method for the handling of containers with a plurality of handling units. In the case of the device according to the invention and in the case of the method according to the invention a defective state in a handling element situated downstream is recognized and as a reaction to this recognition a specified container conveyed upstream is separated out, namely preferably that container which in the further course of operation would arrive at the handling element known to be operating defectively. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100323060 | Method of, and Apparatus for, Flavor Recovery in Beer Brewing - A beer-brewing method, and an apparatus implementing the method, where vapors escaping from the wort during a boiling phase are passed, on the steam side, to a rectifying column connected to a wort boiler and the vapors are rectified, at least one flavor-containing distillate being recovered from the vapors and being fed to the wort following the boiling phase. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100316480 | METHOD FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A PALLET AND CORRESPONDING PALLETIZER - A method for loading a pallet, including placing packages in layers on a first pallet disposed in a first pallet disposed in a first plane, providing a second pallet above the packed first pallet in a second plane, and transporting the packed first pallet away. Also, a method for unloading for unloading a pallet, including removing packages, particularly bottle crates, in layers from a first pallet disposed in a first plane, providing a second packed pallet below the first pallet in a second plane, and transporting the first pallet away. Also, a corresponding palletizer for loading or unloading a pallet in layers. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100316479 | Method and Device of Handling Packages - A method and device for handling packs or similar unit loads in a packaging plant where packs exiting from a packaging machine are distributed and in the process optionally rotated and palletized in a palletizer, wherein distribution, rotation and palletizing are performed essentially continuously and directly consecutively from the packaging machine to the palletizer. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100314223 | CONVEYANCE MEANS - A conveying means ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100310705 | Blowing Machine and Automatic Changer - A blowing machine for containers, in particular bottles, with a preform heating module, to which a blow wheel is assigned and which contains a conveyor chain with exchangeable heating mandrels and optionally exchangeable shielding plates, with a service area provided on the conveyor chain in the heating module, in which an automatic changer for the automatic changeover of at least the heating mandrels is arranged. The automatic changer includes a magazine holder, a turret, which is adjustable and rotatable between the magazine holder and the conveyor chain, with grippers, and movably drivable unlocking components for engaging locks. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100310691 | Blow Molding Machine for Producing Hollow Bodies from Heated Preforms - A blow molding machine for producing hollow bodies from heated preforms has at least one blow mold and at least one blow nozzle which can be moved vertically relative with respect to each other via a drive. To design the drive more flexibly, an electromagnetic drive is employed. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100308043 | Bodies, packages of bodies, and a device and method for packaging bodies - The invention relates to bodies that have a structuring with connecting elements formed around the entire girth of the body. Furthermore, the invention relates to packages including an arrangement of at least two bodies according to the invention, with the connecting elements of a first body cooperating with the corresponding connecting elements of a second body in a form-locking manner. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for producing packages from bodies. The device has an alignment unit and at least one sliding device for form-lockingly connecting the aligned bodies, with at least two bodies at a time being rotated about their longitudinal axes in order to align corresponding connecting elements of the two bodies so that they can cooperate. The invention moreover relates to a method for producing packages from bodies, whereby at least two bodies are aligned first and subsequently assembled to form a first package, with the oppositely arranged connecting elements form-lockingly interlocking. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100303984 | Apparatus and Method for Continuous Wort Boiling - In order to permit continuous wort boiling during beverage brewing operations, wort is conducted over a plurality of substantially conically tapering heating surfaces arranged one above another in the manner of a cascade. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100303946 | Blow Molding Machine with CIP System for Producing Plastic Bottles, Particularly PET Bottles - A blow molding machine for producing plastic bottles, particularly PET bottles, including a plurality of blow molding stations, which have assigned thereto valve blocks with control valves and blowing nozzles for introducing or discharging blowing air; and a cleaning-in-place (CIP) system for cleaning the blow molding machine. Since the valve blocks are configured such that they can be included in the CIP process, the system components, such as the blowing nozzle, which are particularly important for the production of PET bottles in terms of hygiene, can be cleaned and sterilized without disassembly. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302540 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A FOAM DENSITY - Method and device for determining a foam density of foam in beverage containers utilizing the Tyndall effect, and having a focused light bundle emitted into the foam by means of a light source, where the light bundle is refracted in the foam and a scattered ray becomes visible on a surface of the foam. Via a measurement of the contour of such a light spot, conclusions on the foam density can be drawn. For this, one or several lasers can be integrated into existing filling level measuring means which are coupled to the already existing measuring means. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100300848 | Belt Conveyor Equipment - A belt conveyor that contains a belt body that is provided with at least one running support on which a conveyor belt runs. To achieve a formation with a simple design and a reliable and energy-saving function, the running support has a roller guide and a plurality of rollers are placed one behind the other in the conveying direction between the running support and the conveyor belt. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295217 | Method and tempering device for heating preforms prior to molding the same to form containers - The invention discloses a method of heating a preform ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100294619 | Article Buffer - The invention relates to a method for product changeover in a filling plant and to a bugger system for carrying out the method. A first product is passed through a primary buffer and then a second product is initially buffer-stored in a secondary buffer, and so a clear separation of the products is achieved and a product changeover can be carried out in upstream and downstream production machines without production coming to a standstill. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100291261 | CONTINUOUS BREWING PROCESS - A method for continuously producing wort as well as a method for carrying out said method, wherein order to optimize process times and avoid energy peaks, at least one of the processes for producing wort is continuously carried out at a substantially constant output. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290695 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING ELEVATIONS AND/OR DEPRESSIONS ON BOTTLES, IN PARTICULAR IN A LABELING MACHINE - A device for detecting elevations and/or depressions on bottles, in particular in a labeling machine, the device comprising a lighting unit with a light screen for generating a light reflection on a bottle to be examined and at least one camera for detecting the light reflection. By areas of varying luminance being formed on the light screen, molding seams can be reliably detected over a large area of the bottle wall and embossings can be located in various rotational positions of the bottle. The invention also relates to a method for applying the device. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289892 | INSPECTION DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING EMBOSSINGS AND/OR LABELS ON TRANSPARENT VESSELS, IN PARTICULAR BEVERAGE BOTTLES - An inspection device and a method for recognizing embossings and/or labels on transparent vessels, in particular beverage bottles, and having a camera for imaging an embossing and a label of a vessel to be examined, and a transmitted light lamp provided with a luminescent screen and used for sending transmitted light through the embossing. In this way, a compact inspection device for recognizing labels and/or embossings and for examining their positions is provided. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289890 | Apparatus and Method for Aligning Containers, in Particular Bottles, in a Labeler - An apparatus and a method for aligning containers, in particular bottles, in a labeler, the apparatus having rotatable holders for containers to be aligned, and a camera unit for imaging the containers as well as a proximity switch for triggering an imaging function of the camera unit. This allows a precise alignment in combination with a reduced expenditure of time and reduced space requirements. | 11-18-2010 |
