DE102009021161A1 - Device for applying caps to containers - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for applying sealing caps made of plastic to bottles or similar containers by simply pressing or pressing on.

Description

The The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of the patent claim 1. The object of the invention is to provide a device which with a simplified design training a closing of containers by simply pressing made of plastic caps.

to solution This object is a device according to the claim 1 formed. Further developments, advantages and applications The invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments and from the figures. All are described and / or illustrated illustrated features for itself or in any combination in principle the subject of the invention, independently from their summary in the claims or their dependency. Also, the content of the claims becomes a part of the description.

The Invention will be described below with reference to the figures of an embodiment explained in more detail. It demonstrate:

1 in a simplified representation and in section a plastic cap for closing containers in the form of bottles;

2 in a schematic representation and in side view a device for applying the caps of 1 on container;

3 in detail a control cam for the cap removal and Aufdrückelemente (closing elements) of the device 2 ;

4 in a schematic representation and in side view of another embodiment of the device according to the invention.

In the figures are 1 Caps, which are made as plastic moldings and for closing containers in the form of bottles 2 serve, by simply pressing and elastic locking of the caps 1 at the mouth of each container 2 ,

With 3 is generally referred to a device for pressing the caps 1 on the containers 2 serves. The device 3 consists essentially of a about a horizontal axis in the direction of arrow A circumferentially drivable machine element 4 , which is designed as a wheel or disc and on the periphery of a variety of stamp-like Verschließ- or Andrückelementen 5 is provided, namely about axes parallel to the horizontal axis of rotation of the machine element 4 controlled by a pivotable with the machine element 4 non-rotating control curve 6 ,

With 7 is called a cap feeder over which the caps 1 close to each other then one at the end of the cap guide 7 formed cap decrease 8th are fed, at the first, each ready cap 1 from the respective ones at the cap decrease 8th passing pressing element 5 tangential to the rotational movement of the machine element 4 and in the axial direction of the cap guide 7 subtracted and then on the pressure element 5 with her closed cap top 1.1 For example, held by vacuum is carried, to a Cappenrückrück- or Verschließposition 9 at which the respective cap 1 with its open side on the mouth of a there below the trajectory of the pressing elements 5 waiting container is pressed to close. The containers 2 be at the closing position 9 synchronous with the movement of the machine element 4 passed, in each case such that, if a pressing element 5 at the lock position 9 There is also a container standing upright, that is oriented with its container axis oriented in the vertical direction. The closing position 9 is, for example, in the range of an imaginary, the axis of rotation of the machine element 4 including vertical level.

To synchronize the movement of the containers 2 to reach, for these containers is a transporter in the form of a circulating about a vertical axis driven transport star 10 provided, by means of a gear synchronous with the machine element 4 is driven.

The device 1 For example, it can be easily integrated into an existing system in the area of a transport star existing there.

The The invention has been described above with reference to an exemplary embodiment. It is understood that numerous changes and modifications are possible, without thereby the idea of the invention underlying the invention will leave.

1

cap

1.1

Cap top

2

container

3

contraption

4

wheel

5

Andrückelement- or stamp

6

cam

7

cap feeder

8th

cap removal

9

closing position

10

transport star

11

transmission

A

Direction of rotation of the wheel 4

B

Transport direction of the containers 2

Claims (4)

Device for applying plastic caps ( 1 ) to bottles or similar containers ( 2 ) using pressing elements ( 5 ), characterized by a machine element which can be driven in rotation around a horizontal axis ( 4 ), on whose circumference several pressing elements ( 5 ) are provided pivotally controlled, in each case for receiving a cap ( 1 ) at a cap removal ( 8th ) and for pressing the cap ( 1 ) to the respective one on a container conveyor upright and at a Verschließposition ( 9 ) arranged containers ( 2 ). Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by a container conveyor ( 10 ), preferably in the form of a transport star ( 10 ) for moving the containers ( 2 ) at the closing position ( 9 ). Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the pressure elements ( 5 ) controlled such pivotable on the rotating machine element ( 4 ) are provided that each pressure element ( 5 ) at the cap removal ( 8th ) with its axis substantially horizontally and / or radially to the axis of rotation of the machine element ( 4 ) and at the closing position ( 9 ) is arranged with its axis substantially vertically and radially to the axis of rotation of the machine element. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cap removal ( 8th ) and the closing position ( 9 ) in the direction of rotation of the rotating machine element ( 4 ) are offset by 90 ° or about 90 ° to each other.