US 12,030,728 B2
Device and method for conveying containers
Holger Stenner, Haltern am See (DE); and Andreas Fahldieck, Idar-Oberstein (DE)
Assigned to KHS GmbH, Dortmund (DE)
Appl. No. 17/795,000
Filed by KHS GMBH, Dortmund (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/052916
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/165074, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 104 091.1 (DE), filed on Feb. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063999 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/28 (2006.01); B65G 21/10 (2006.01); B65G 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/28 (2013.01) [B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container guiding device, comprising:
a railing having two guide elements for guiding containers or packages, said guide elements being arranged at a spacing distance from one another and extending in a transport direction of a container transport device;
at least one of said guide elements being transversely adjustable relative to an oppositely disposed said guide element;
an adjusting device for transversely adjusting said at least one guiding element, said adjusting device having a drive body, which is rotatable about a rotational axis, and a coupling element connected to said at least one guiding element and to said drive body in such a way that a rotation of said drive body causes a displacement of said coupling element transversely to the transport direction;
said drive body being a one-part or multi-part drive body with a control element in engagement with said coupling element, said control element having a spiral-shaped course, at least in sections, about the rotational axis of said drive body, with the spiral-shaped course extending in a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis.