US 11,993,502 B2
Device and method for treating containers
Alexander Danelski, Bad Kreuznach (DE); Jan Leyendecker, Schmelz (DE); and Thomas Niehr, Bad Muenster am Stein Ebernburg (DE)
Assigned to KHS GmbH, Dortmund (DE)
Appl. No. 17/778,513
Filed by KHS GMBH, Dortmund (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/081736
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/099192, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 131 494.1 (DE), filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002209 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B67C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67C 7/0033 (2013.01) [B67C 2007/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for treating containers with a medium, wherein the containers are transported in groups along a conveying path in cyclic operation, the apparatus comprising:
at least one linear holding device with a plurality of container mounts for a suspended holding of the containers;
at least one treatment station having at least one treatment device with a supply line for the medium, and a plurality of outlet heads connected to said supply line by way of respective branch lines;
a drive unit configured to move said outlet heads in common as a group in a vertical direction;
each of said outlet heads having a vertically oriented longitudinal axis and an outlet line, extending along the longitudinal axis and connected to said supply line by way of said branch line, for dispensing the medium into the containers;
wherein, for treating the container, said outlet line is configured to be introduced, at least partly, into the container that is being held suspended in said container mount;
a controllable restraining mechanism assigned to each of said outlet heads and a controller in communicating connection with said restraining mechanism; and
said controllable restraining mechanism including a restraining element and being configured to selectively, and as required, hold back said outlet line of a respective said outlet head in a restraining position.