US 11,912,553 B2
Apparatus for closing a container with a container closure
Markus Schoenfelder, Neutraubling (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,762.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 132 348.7 (DE), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174361 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B67B 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC B67B 3/2066 (2013.01) [B67B 3/2013 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for closing a container with a container closure, comprising:
a lifting unit configured to be displaced in a longitudinal direction and comprising a guide unit configured to predetermine a position of the lifting unit in the longitudinal direction;
a closure receiving member that is connected to the lifting unit via a pretensioning device, wherein the closure receiving member is configured to retain the container closure and to apply the container closure to a container opening of the container, which is to be closed with a head pressure that is predetermined by the pretensioning device, and the pretensioning device comprises an adjustment wheel configured to adjust the predetermined head pressure and an adjustment element displaceable in the longitudinal direction relative to the lifting unit; and
an adjustment apparatus configured to automatically adjust the predetermined head pressure.