Patent application number | Description | Published |
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 |
20110061347 | CONTAINER TREATMENT PLANT AND A CONTAINER TREATMENT METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF CONTAINERS CAPABLE OF BEING FILLED WITH A PRODUCT - A container treatment plant ( | 03-17-2011 |
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 |
20110278134 | Rotary device for the transport of articles - A rotary device ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110287126 | APPARATUS FOR SHAPING PLASTIC PREFORMS, COMPRISING A STERILE CHAMBER - An apparatus ( | 11-24-2011 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20120080817 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OVAL PLASTICS MATERIAL CONTAINERS - An apparatus for tempering plastics material pre-forms with a tempering mould for tempering an outer wall of the plastics material pre-forms, wherein the tempering mould has at least one first mould part which is movable and wherein the first mould part contacts a first wall portion of the plastics material pre-form at least for a time, in order to temper this wall portion. The apparatus has a supply unit in order to supply the plastics material pre-forms to the tempering mould, and this supply unit has a holding device for holding the plastics material pre-forms as well as a movement device which, in order to supply the plastics material pre-forms into the tempering mould, produces a relative movement between the plastics material pre-form and at least one portion of at least one mould part in a longitudinal direction (L) of the plastics material pre-form. | 04-05-2012 |
20120091634 | BLOWING MOLD ARRAY, STRECTH BLOW MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD - The invention relates to a blowing mold array ( | 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 |
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 |
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 |
20120141621 | DEVICE FOR BLOW MOULDING CONTAINERS - A device with blow stations disposed on a blow wheel for blow moulding containers from a thermoplastic material includes a unit for pneumatic control of a blow pressure. The pneumatic control unit has a control piston which is guided in a cylinder and is mounted so as to be movable in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the piston. A main flow path, which can be closed by the control piston, extends through the cylinder. The control piston is provided with a control surface which faces a control chamber of the cylinder and is designed to transmit a control force to the control piston. The control piston is constructed at least in some regions from a metal or a ceramic. | 06-07-2012 |
20120187609 | Stretch Blow Moulding Machine With Integrated Compressor - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers may include at least one blowing station, a compressed air supply, and a compressor device. The blowing station forms a hollow space in the interior of which the plastics material pre-forms are capable of being shaped to form plastics material containers. The compressed air supply supplies the compressed air to at least one element of the blowing station, and the compressor device produces the compressed air. The compressor device is arranged in the vicinity of the apparatus in such a way that a flow connection between the compressor device and the blowing station is shorter than 15 m. | 07-26-2012 |
20120223464 | Blow molding machine with clean room and sterilizably connected components - A device for transforming parisons into containers with a plurality of transforming stations which are disposed on a movable carrier, wherein the transforming stations each have blow molds, within which the parisons can be transformed into containers by a supply of a flowable medium, and blow mold supports for holding these blow molds, wherein the blow mold supports have at least two blow mold support parts which are movable relative to one another for opening and closing the blow molds, with a clean room which is demarcated with respect to the surroundings by means of at least one wall and which at least partially surrounds the individual transforming stations, so that the transforming stations are movable within this clean room, and with at least one supply unit in order to supply flowable sterilising medium to at least one region of the transforming stations which are movable within the clean room. | 09-06-2012 |
20120223465 | STERILE BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH NON-STERILE MEDIA SUPPLY - An apparatus for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers, with a plurality of shaping stations which are arranged on a movable carrier, wherein the shaping stations have blow moulds which are used for receiving the plastic pre-forms and inside which the plastic pre-forms are shaped into the plastic containers, and wherein the shaping stations have stressing devices which are movable relative to the plastic pre-forms and which act upon the pre-forms arranged in the blow moulds with a sterile flowable medium to expand them, with a clean room, inside which the shaping stations are conveyed, wherein this clean room is arranged or demarcated from the environment by means of at least one wall. At least one supply device is provided for supplying a flowable control medium to at least one shaping station), wherein this supply device ( | 09-06-2012 |
20120225158 | BLOW-MOULDING MACHINE WITH BLOW MOULD LOCKING IN THE CLEAN ROOM - An apparatus for moulding plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a plurality of moulding stations arranged on a movable carrier. The moulding stations each including blow moulds, within which the plastic preforms can be moulded into plastic containers by applying a flowable medium, as well as blow mould carriers for holding these blow moulds. The blow mould carriers include at least two blow mould carrier parts for opening and closing the blow moulds. The blow mould carrier parts are movable relative to each other. A clean room at least partially surrounds the individual moulding stations, and includes a locking mechanism that is at least partially located within the clean room for locking the two blow mould carrier parts together in a closed condition. | 09-06-2012 |
20120321741 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH PIVOT SHAFTS GUIDED ON SLIDE BEARINGS - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into containers has a plurality of blow moulding stations arranged on a movable carrier blow moulding stations have two part blow moulds with a cavity inside in which the plastics material pre-forms are expanded. The blow moulding stations have stressing devices which act upon the plastics material pre-forms to expand them with a flowable medium. At least one first bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the blow mould carriers with respect to each other and at least one second bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the first locking element with respect to the second locking element. At least one of these bearing devices is a slide bearing without lubricant or a bearing which is injection moulded at least in part from a plastics material between bearing parts movable relative to each other. | 12-20-2012 |
20130037997 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LABELED PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A device for producing labeled plastic containers includes a blowing wheel including a plurality of blow molds each being configured to mold one of the containers. A labeling device is disposed in a region of the blowing wheel and is configured to label the containers while the containers are circulating on the blowing wheel. | 02-14-2013 |
20130224323 | 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. | 08-29-2013 |
20130309343 | CONTAINER TREATMENT PLANT AND A CONTAINER TREATMENT METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF CONTAINERS CAPABLE OF BEING FILLED WITH A PRODUCT - A container treatment plant and a method for the treatment of containers are described. The container treatment plant includes a plurality of treatment elements, wherein each treatment element is used for a pre-determined treatment of the containers and each treatment element has associated therewith a container nominal value which indicates which type of container the treatment element can treat, a detection device for detecting properties of one of the containers to be treated, and a comparator device for comparing a detection result of the detection device with the container nominal value for at least one treatment element. | 11-21-2013 |
20140097561 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH DAMPING FOR THE CONTROL THEREOF - An apparatus for shaping plastics material preforms into plastics material containers includes a plurality of shaping stations each having two blow mould parts which are movable with respect to each other and which can be moved between a closed and an opened state. In the closed state the shaping station form a cavity, inside which the plastics material pre-forms are shaped. The shaping stations have a stressing device which acts upon the preforms with a gaseous medium to expand them, and stretch bars which are capable of being inserted into the preforms to stretch them in the longitudinal direction. The shaping stations each have at least one drive device which drives a movement necessary for the shaping procedure, as well as a control device for controlling this drive device. The control device is arranged on the apparatus through a damping device. | 04-10-2014 |
20140147545 | CONTAINER TREATMENT DEVICE WITH STRETCHING DEVICE - Described is a container treatment device for the expansion of pre-forms into containers, having at least one blow moulding device for the introduction of a flowable medium under pressure into an inner space of the pre-form, and at least one stretching device for stretching the pre-form during an expansion procedure. The blow moulding device has at least one blow moulding nozzle piston and the stretching device has at least one stretch rod which is movable at least locally and at least for a time through a through opening of the blow moulding nozzle piston in a translational manner and which is operatively connected to at least one portion of a stretch rod drive device, wherein at least one bearing element is arranged in the region of the through opening in order to guide the stretch rod. | 05-29-2014 |
20140158500 | Device for sterilizing plastic parisons - The invention relates to a device ( | 06-12-2014 |
20150076748 | BLOW MOLD ARRAY, STRETCH BLOW MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD - A blowing mould array includes a blowing mould unit forming a cavity, inside of which plastic preforms are expanded to plastic containers. The blow mould unit includes a blowing mould retainer having at least two mould retainer elements for accommodating parts of the blowing mould unit, and a locking mechanism to arrest at least one part of the blowing mould unit against at least one mould retainer element. The locking mechanism includes an engagement element that can be pivoted and/or shifted relative to a default axis, which in an arrested state abuts a segment of a part of the blowing mould unit. The locking mechanism has an actuating element to loosen the arrest between the mould retaining element and the blowing mould unit. Actuation of the actuating element is coupled with actuation of the engagement element. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079212 | DEVICE FOR FORMING PLASTIC PREFORMS INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND BLOW MOULD CARRIER - Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, with at least one blowing station arranged on a moving carrier, wherein the blowing station has a blow mould carrier for holding a blow mould and the blow mould carrier has a first blow mould carrier part and a second blow mould carrier part, wherein the second blow mould carrier part can be moved away from the first blow mould carrier part in order to open the blow mould for removal of a plastic container and/or for insertion of a preform, and wherein the second blow mould carrier part can be moved towards the first blow mould carrier part in order to transfer the blow mould into a closed state for forming the preform, wherein that the second blow mould carrier part has a lower density and/or strength than the first blow mould carrier part. | 03-19-2015 |
20150111162 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HEATING PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS WITH MOTOR-CONTROLLED HOLDING ELEMENTS FOR THE PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS - Described is an apparatus for the heating of plastics material pre-forms with a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-set conveying path, wherein the conveying device ( | 04-23-2015 |
20150118342 | Shaping apparatus for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers - The invention relates to a shaping apparatus ( | 04-30-2015 |
20150145179 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH CHANGING ROBOT AND METHOD OF OPERATING IT - Apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers includes a conveying device which conveys the pre-forms along a pre-set path. The conveying device has a movable station carrier arranged at least indirectly on a stationary base carrier on which are arranged a plurality of shaping stations which have in each case blow moulding devices which have cavities, inside which the pre-forms are shaped. The apparatus has a changing device for removing the blow moulding devices from the blow mould carriers and/or for arranging blow moulding devices on the blow mould carriers. The changing device has a first control device for controlling a removing and/or an arranging movement of the blow moulding devices on the blow mould carriers, and a second control device for controlling a blow moulding procedure, wherein the first control device and the second control device preferably co-operate at least for a time. | 05-28-2015 |
20150145180 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH A CHANGING ROBOT AND A GRIPPING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers has a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-set conveying path. The conveying device has a movable station carrier arranged at least indirectly on a stationary base carrier and on which a plurality of shaping stations are arranged. The shaping stations have blow moulding devices which form cavities inside which the plastics material preforms are shaped to form plastics material containers. The blow moulding devices are arranged on blow mould carriers. The apparatus has a changing device suitable for removing at least the blow moulding devices from the blow mould carriers and/or arranging blow moulding devices on the blow mould carriers. A changing device has a gripping device for gripping the blow moulding device, wherein this gripping device is movable in at least two different directions and is pivotable about at least three different axes. | 05-28-2015 |
20150251366 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESHAPING PLASTIC PREFORMS INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS WITH AN AUTOMATIC CHANGING DEVICE FOR HANDLING PARTS - A plant for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers, includes a heating device for heating the plastic preforms, and a device for reshaping the plastic preforms into the plastic containers, arranged downstream of the heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms, wherein the reshaping device includes a transport device, which transports the plastic preforms along a predefined transport path and wherein the transport device has a station carrier on which a multitude of reshaping stations are arranged, each having blow mold devices each arranged on blow mold carriers. The reshaping device includes a changing device, which is suited and intended for at least removing and/or attaching the blow mold devices to the blow mold carriers, wherein this changing device is further suited and intended for at least removing and/or attaching the changeable element to the heating device. | 09-10-2015 |
20150284115 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC BOTTLE AND FOR FILLING IT WITH A FILLING PRODUCT - Methods for manufacturing a plastic container and for filling it with a fill product are described. The methods include introducing a perform into a blow mold, pressuring the preform with a blowing medium, evacuating the interior space of the container to an underpressure, and introducing a fill product in the interior space at an overpressure. | 10-08-2015 |
20160052654 | PROCESS TO MOLD AND FILL CONTAINERS AND FORM-FILLING MACHINE - A process for molding and filling plastic containers and a form-filling machine to implement the process. The process is used for molding and filling of plastic containers. Preforms in hollow molds are reshaped into the containers by at least partial addition of an incompressible molding fluid under the impact of overpressure. Due to the condition that the containers are also filled with a product in the hollow molds, in which the molding fluid is replaced by the product or partially replaced by at least one component of the product, the temporal or technological effort for the production of the containers and for bottling of the product can be reduced. | 02-25-2016 |
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20140049651 | On-Demand Creation Of Reports - An intelligent television is provided. One aspect of the intelligent television is the ability to preserve status information across power cycles. Once a report is generated, the intelligent television may then transmit the report to a recipient, such as a server. If any one or more reports are successfully sent, they may then be deleted from a memory, storage device, or other non-volatile memory associated with the intelligent television. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053176 | Data Reporting of Usage Statistics - A collection, aggregation and reporting of activities associated with applications of an Intelligent TV set is provided. Activates may include most used, least used, installed, available and removed. Periodically, a report is generated and sent to a receiver over a network. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053177 | Programming User Behavior Reporting - Methods and systems for reporting user activity are provided. Sequentially numbering the reports allows for reports being sent at regular intervals to be associated with a timestamp, even if the system clock has not been set. Furthermore, the reporting period may default to an initial value, such as every 24 hours, but receive instructions to be reset to a different value. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053178 | Report Database For Intelligent Television - An intelligent television is provided with a storage, such as a database, for a number of reports. As reports are created, and free space in the storage decreases, reports may be deleted. Reports may be deleted upon delivery to a server or deleted upon determining an older report exists. Optionally, one report, such as one containing first time data associated with an initial power-up of the television, may be preserved. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053179 | CONTENT PROVIDER STATISTICS APPLICATION - An intelligent television is provided with reporting abilities. The intelligent television may report information regarding a number of applications installed on the intelligent television. Additionally, an indicia of applications installed and then de-installed may be maintained and reported such that the report includes removed applications. Once a report is created, it may then be stored in a data storage of the intelligent television and delivered to a server. Once successfully delivered, the oldest report may then be removed. Should the delivery of the report fail and free space fall below a threshold, the oldest report, as identified by a sequential or serial number, may then be removed. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053212 | MEDIA DATA SERVICE FOR AN INTELLIGENT TELEVISION - An media data service for an Intelligent TV can search a network to identify media sources and determine a number of media items associated with the media sources. The media items can be media of any type, such as videos, music files, photos, text files, social networking postings, and the like. The media data service can scan the media items to identify metadata associated with them. The media data service may record personalized metadata associated with users such as a list of media items viewed or a list of media items tagged as a favorite. The metadata may be processed, organized into one or more data models, and stored in memory. The metadata stored in memory may be used by a user interface presented to a user. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059578 | APPLICATIONS GENERATING STATISTICS FOR USER BEHAVIOR - An architecture to assemble and manage usage information and populate one or more panels in an intelligent TV. The architecture includes a usage statistics provider module adapted to assemble one or more of usage information and installation information and query the one or more of usage information and installation information to populate one or more of icons and information in a view or panel on the intelligent TV. The architecture further includes a panel manager adapted to assemble the one or more of icons and information into a requested view. A display controller displays the view on a display of the intelligent TV. A silo manager sorts information in at least one panel subcategory based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information, where the at least one subpanel panel includes a plurality of icons each representing an app or content. | 02-27-2014 |
20160050462 | MEDIA CENTER PANELS FOR AN INTELLIGENT TELEVISION - An Intelligent TV can organize metadata about media items for display in a variety of contextual panels. The panels may be interactive or informational and may provide recommendations of other media items to the user. The Intelligent TV can receive a request to activate a panel through the reception of signals from a remote control or a user interface. Based on the request, the Intelligent TV can determine the type of panel requested by the user. The layout, information, and content of a panel may depend on the context and content of the media item with focus when a user activates the panel. The Intelligent TV can retrieve metadata for the requested panel and can then transition to the desired panel and provide the retrieved metadata. | 02-18-2016 |