	US 12,441,515 B2
	Method and apparatus for coating containers
Sven Fischer, Regensburg (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/822,628.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 107 660.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0307859 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 23/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 23/08 (2006.01); B65D 25/14 (2006.01); B65D 25/34 (2006.01); C23C 16/04 (2006.01); C23C 16/22 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/448 (2006.01); C23C 16/453 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01); C23C 16/511 (2006.01); B05D 1/08 (2006.01); D21H 19/08 (2006.01)

CPC B65D 23/02 (2013.01) [B65D 1/0207 (2013.01); B65D 23/0814 (2013.01); B65D 25/14 (2013.01); B65D 25/34 (2013.01); C23C 16/045 (2013.01); C23C 16/22 (2013.01); C23C 16/401 (2013.01); C23C 16/402 (2013.01); C23C 16/448 (2013.01); C23C 16/4481 (2013.01); C23C 16/453 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01); C23C 16/511 (2013.01); B05D 1/08 (2013.01); D21H 19/08 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A method for coating a beverage container which is suitable and intended to receive a liquid, wherein the beverage container to be coated has a main body, a shoulder region, a base region, and a mouth region, wherein a coating material is applied to at least one of an inner wall and an outer wall of the beverage container, wherein at least the mouth region, the shoulder region, the main body, and the base region are produced from a fiber-based material, wherein the beverage container is transported by a transport device from an apparatus for producing the beverage container to an apparatus for coating the beverage container, wherein the apparatus for coating the beverage container has a plurality of coating stations, wherein the beverage container is coated inside a coating chamber during transport, and wherein each coating station is a closed space and the plurality of coating stations are arranged on a rotatable carrier, such that the coating stations move with the containers.