US 12,351,445 B2
Centering a container for the processing thereof
Holger Mueller, Neutraubling (DE); Leroy Heinich, Neutraubling (DE); Michael Trummet, Neutraubling (DE); Florian Habersetzer, Neutraubling (DE); and Greig Mackintosh, Neutraubling (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,388.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 112 345.6 (DE), filed on May 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406685 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B67C 3/26 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67C 3/26 (2013.01) [B67C 7/00 (2013.01); B67C 2003/2648 (2013.01); B67C 2003/266 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for centering a container during travel thereof into a processing region, comprising:
a receiving section configured to receive the container;
a guiding section configured to guide a translational movement of the receiving section along a defined trajectory between a receiving position for reception of the container by the receiving section and a processing position for processing the container in the processing region;
a chamber wall having an opening, wherein the receiving section and the guiding section are configured to guide a section of the container into the processing region through the opening during the translational movement from the receiving position into the processing position;
a sealing device having an inflatable seal that is arranged in the opening and configured to adopt a sealing position around the container in the processing position; and
a control device in communication with the sealing device and configured to at least partially inflate the inflatable seal during the translational movement of the container from the receiving position into the processing position.