US 12,492,034 B2
Device for equipping containers
Michael Neubauer, Grassau (DE); Wolfgang Roidl, Deuerling (DE); Heinrich Bielmeier, Pilsting-Grosskoellnbach (DE); Hartmut Davidson, Zeitlarn (DE); and Stefan Scherl, Bernhardswald (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Appl. No. 18/016,431
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/070537
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023162, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020120295.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271738 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B65C 9/04 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B65C 9/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/045 (2013.01) [B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B65C 9/26 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for equipping containers, said device comprising:
at least one equipping unit for equipping containers; and
a planar drive system comprising a base element and at least one movement device,
wherein:
the at least one movement device comprises a container holder for holding a container;
the at least one movement device is movable by magnetic interaction with the base element to the at least one equipping unit for equipping the container held in the container holder;
the container holder is rotatable by a rotary mechanism of the at least one movement device for rotating the held container; and
the at least one equipping unit comprises a rotary unit which is designed to rotate the rotary mechanism, while a respective movement device is moved along the rotary unit.