US 11,814,276 B2 | ||
Apparatus and method for closing containers with closures | ||
Tobias Grimme, Feuchtwangen (DE) | ||
Assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE) | ||
Filed by Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE) | ||
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,234. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 127 564.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 22, 2021. | ||
Prior Publication US 2023/0131211 A1, Apr. 27, 2023 | ||
Int. Cl. B67B 1/04 (2006.01) |
CPC B67B 1/04 (2013.01) | 8 Claims |
6. A method for closing containers (12) with closures, the method comprising the steps of:
feeding containers (12) to a transport wheel (14) in a clocked and interruptible manner; continuously transporting the containers (12) by the transport wheel (14); closing the containers (12) by a closing device (28) with a respective closure while the containers (12) are accommodated in the transport wheel (14); inspecting the closed containers (12); identifying an incorrectly closed container (12) and interrupting the feeding of further containers; transporting the incorrectly closed container (12) by the transport wheel (14) to re-closing; re-closing the incorrectly closed container (12), and
wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
feeding containers (12) by a first wheel segment (32) through a rotating movement of the first wheel segment (32) to the transport wheel (14) in a feed region (22);
feeding containers (12) by a second wheel segment (36) through a rotating movement of the second wheel segment (36) to the transport wheel (14) in the feed region (22);
moving the first wheel segment (32) and/or the second wheel segment (36) in such a way that the first wheel segment (32) and the second wheel segment (36) are arranged outside the feed region (22) after an incorrectly closed container (12) has been identified;
transporting the incorrectly closed container (12) from an inspection device (30) through a discharge region (26) and the feed region (22) by the transport wheel (14) again to the closing device (28).
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