US 12,304,791 B2
Device for supplying a container closure, and closing device
Klaus Buchhauser, Neutraubling (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/639,120.
Application 18/639,120 is a continuation of application No. 17/857,814, filed on Jul. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,987,484.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 117 469.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262669 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67B 3/00 (2006.01); B67B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B67B 3/06 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for supplying a container closure to a closing device configured to close a container with the container closure comprising:
a rotatable carrier wheel configured to transport the container closure from a supply position, at which the container closure is supplied by a closure supply, to a transfer position, at which the transported container closure is received by the closing device, wherein the rotatable carrier wheel is further configured to be displaceable between an operating position corresponding to the transfer position and a retracted position at which the rotatable carrier wheel is spaced from the transfer position; and
a scraping unit configured to remove the container closure held by the closing device, wherein the scraping unit is mounted upstream of the rotatable carrier wheel with respect to a movement direction of the closing device.