US 11,787,202 B2
Container treatment system for treating containers
Helmut Schuesslburner, Straubing (DE); Konrad Senn, Alteglofsheim (DE); Sven Kerpe, Linkenheim-Hochstetten (DE); Frank Schulze, Schwarzenbach am Wald (DE); Thomas Gruber, Riekofen (DE); and Thomas Schnitger, Eisenach (DE)
Assigned to DEKRON GMBH, Kelkheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/418,755
Filed by DEKRON GMBH, Kelkheim (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/074981
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/135937, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 251 784.3 (DE), filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063295 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 3/44 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/445 (2013.01) [B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B67C 7/002 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container treatment system for treating containers, with at least one direct printing machine for applying a print image onto containers and at least one container treatment machine, arranged upstream of said direct printing machine as well as a system control device, where said system control device is configured to control an operation of said container treatment machine in dependence of a change in the container throughput that can be obtained with said direct printing machine, where controlling the operation of said container treatment machine comprises controlling a container throughput of said container treatment machine, where said system control device controls the container throughput of said container treatment machine such that that it is equal to the changed container throughput of said direct printing machine, with the exception of during an optional lead time.