US 12,214,916 B2
Machine arrangement and method for filling and sealing containers
Matthias Schwandt, Wallhausen (DE); Steffen Haefelein, Crailsheim (DE); Bjoern Krause, Crailsheim (DE); Christopher Klemm, Aurach (DE); Andreas Kuba, Crailsheim (DE); and Sebastian Gran, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/612,101
Filed by Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/059117
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/233881, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 207 282.8 (DE), filed on May 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212818 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 3/003 (2013.01) [B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B65B 65/006 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine arrangement, comprising
a processing station (2) for filling and sealing containers,
a handling device (3) for feeding containers into and removing containers from the machine arrangement,
wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed containers into the machine arrangement and remove containers from the machine arrangement on a same side of the machine arrangement,
wherein the processing station (2) has at least one work region (4) for receiving an empty container, at which the empty container is filled and sealed,
wherein the processing station (2) has at least one storage region (5) for the temporary storage of filled and sealed containers, the at least one storage region (5) being located within the machine arrangement,
wherein the at least one storage region (5) and the at least one working region (4) are arranged in separate and different positions, and
wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed empty containers to the processing station (2) and remove filled and sealed containers from the storage region (5).