EP1312548B1 - Vorrichtung zum Ausschneiden einer Reihe von Membranverschlüssen aus einer Bahn und zur Fixierung dieser auf einer Reihe von gefüllten Behältern - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Ausschneiden einer Reihe von Membranverschlüssen aus einer Bahn und zur Fixierung dieser auf einer Reihe von gefüllten Behältern Download PDF

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EP1312548B1
EP1312548B1 EP02291854A EP02291854A EP1312548B1 EP 1312548 B1 EP1312548 B1 EP 1312548B1 EP 02291854 A EP02291854 A EP 02291854A EP 02291854 A EP02291854 A EP 02291854A EP 1312548 B1 EP1312548 B1 EP 1312548B1
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Michel Luc
Bernard Gandon
Daniel Pacilly
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
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  • the invention relates to a device for cutting a row of lids in a lidded strip and attaching them to a transverse row of filled containers advancing step by step in a container filling installation.
  • the filled receptacles pass one after the other in a closure station in which a lid dispenser brings a lid to the container to be closed and the lid is sealed on the rim of said container.
  • container by known means.
  • lids are generally delivered in bags and there is the problem of storage and handling of these bags. But the most important problem concerns the guarantee of the sterilization of sachets and lids, especially when the containers contain food products.
  • thermoform containers in a strip of thermoplastic material filling the thermoformed containers and closing the filled containers, a cover strip is usually applied against the thermoplastic web after filling at least one row. of containers, these strips are sealed together, for example by thermo-bonding, on the rim of the filled containers, then a simultaneous cutting operation of the two strips is carried out over their entire thickness and the containers are separated from the cut strips which constitute a grate of waste.
  • the strips advance step by step and, at each cycle, at least one row of containers is made, the rows of containers made in a previous cycle are filled, the same containers being sealed with the cap strip in a cycle.
  • These installations are equipped with means to guarantee the sterilization of the thermoplastic strip and the lidding strip, each delivered by a reel.
  • the waste grid is important both thermoplastic material, material the lidded tape.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device for cutting and fixing lids which saves the material of the lidding strip.
  • the device according to the invention is particularly suitable for an installation for thermoforming containers from a thermoplastic strip, filling the thermoformed containers and closing the filled containers, especially in the case where the containers are against undercut and have edges whose diameter is smaller than the diameter of their bodies.
  • the device according to the invention also applies to the closure of individual containers arranged in transverse rows advancing step by step, in particular in a thermoforming installation of containers from pre-cut shapes and filling thermoformed containers.
  • This device is characterized, according to the invention, by the fact that the spacing E 1 of the cutting means is smaller than the center distance E 2 of the containers to be closed and in that the transfer means cooperate with cam paths to allow the variation of their distance between the value E 1 and the value E 2 .
  • Pulling the lids of a lidded strip facilitates the maintenance of sterility of the lids.
  • the advancing step of the lidding strip is independent of the advancing step of the rows of containers, which reduces the waste in the longitudinal direction of the lidding strip.
  • the advancement path of the lidding strip is oblique with respect to the cutting means of a row of lids.
  • the path of advancement of the lidded strip is for example an angle of approximately 60 ° with the cutting means.
  • the pitch of the lidding strip is substantially equal to the center distance of the cutting means.
  • the distance between the cam paths in the zone situated opposite the cutting station of the covers is equal to the center distance of the cutting means, and their spacing in the zone situated opposite the removal station is equal to the center distance of the containers to be closed.
  • the transfer means of a row of covers comprise at least one row of parallel gripping tubes carried by a barrel pivotally mounted about a support axis arranged opposite the station. cutting the lids and above the operculum deposit station, the free ends of said tubes being able to hold lids by suction, means for pivoting said barrel step by step between a position of gripping the covers in which the tubes of said row are directed towards the cutting means, and a position of removal of the caps in which said tubes are directed downwards and their free ends are in the vicinity of the containers to be closed, and means for putting said tubes in communication with a source of vacuum during the gripping of the covers and during their transfer between the cutting station of the covers and the dispensing station, and to put them in the exhaust after the removal of the covers on the containers to be closed.
  • the transfer means further comprise means for moving the support axis towards the cutting means when the barrel is in the gripping position of a row of lids and downwards when the barrel is in the removal position in order to allow the positioning of the covers on the edges of the containers.
  • the barrel comprises a plurality of rows of tubes arranged along generatrices regularly distributed angularly around the periphery of said barrel and in such a way that, when a row of tubes is in the gripping position, another row of tubes is in the dispensing position, said barrel advancing step by step in the same direction at each cycle.
  • the gripping position is diametrically opposed to the position of removal relative to the support axis of the barrel.
  • the tubes of a row are slidably mounted, independently of one another, on a guide axis integral with the barrel and parallel to the support axis and each comprise a foot of tube guided by a fixed cam path integral with the support axis of the barrel.
  • the means for at least partially fixing the lids deposited on the respective edges of the closure containers of a row comprise a set of arms substantially parallel to the direction of advance of the rows of containers to be closed and carried by a disposed shaft above the advancement path of said rows of containers, the free ends of the intermediate arms of said set of arms being disposed between the receptacles to be closed and the free ends of the end arms being disposed outside the extreme receptacles to be closed, said shaft being capable of pivoting between a high position in which said arms release the passage of the transfer means during the transfer of a row of covers and a low position in which the ends of the arms rest on the lateral edges of the covers placed on the edges of the containers to be closed, said ends arms comprise means for fixing said covers by points on the edges of the corresponding receptacles by cooperating with counter-tools arranged under the lateral edges of the receptacles to be closed.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a filling installation part 1 of a transverse row of containers 2, made for example by thermoforming a strip of thermoplastic material 3, with a product such as a liquid, pasty or gelatinous product. , especially with a food product, and to close containers filled with said row with lids 4 taken from a lidded strip 5 by means of a device 20 according to the invention.
  • the containers 2, shown in detail in FIGS. 7 and 8, are for example undercut and comprise a flange 6 in the horizontal plane of the path of travel of the thermoplastic strip 3, connected by a collar 7 to a container body. 8 which has a diameter D1 greater than the diameter D2 of the periphery 9 of the rim 6 of the container 2.
  • Each filled and closed container comprises a lid 4 fixed by a closed weld bead 10 on the flange 6.
  • This lid 4 has a diameter at least equal to the diameter D2 of the periphery 9 of the container 2 and it may have a gripping tab 11 intended to to facilitate the opening of the container 2.
  • This tongue 11 extends radially outwardly beyond the periphery 9 of the container 2 as can be seen in Figures 7 and 8.
  • the containers 2 may be of revolution around a vertical axis X, but they may also have a non-circular horizontal section.
  • the perimeter 9 of the flanges 6 of the containers 2 is pre-cut before thermoforming in discontinuous lines connected by bridges which will be broken by shearing in a station separating the containers 2 after sealing the covers 4.
  • the device 20 described below can also be adapted to an installation for filling individual containers arranged in rows and columns and advancing step by step in the installation in the direction of the arrow F, the rows being perpendicular to the direction of the arrow F.
  • the installation 1 essentially comprises means for advancing step by step the thermoplastic strip, or a row of individual containers, in the direction of the arrow F, a filling station 14 of a row R 1 of containers, a station 16 depositing and fixing a row of covers on a row R 2 of filled containers, using the device 20 according to the invention, a station 18 for sealing the covers 4 on the containers of the row R 3 , and control members, in synchronism, different tools of the installation.
  • the stations 14, 16 and 18 are arranged from upstream to downstream in the direction of the arrow F.
  • rows R 1 , R 2 , R 3 defined above are not necessarily adjacent, and are separated by other rows of containers filled or closed depending on the space available to install the various tools of filling and sealing, and to install the device 20.
  • the device 20, shown in Figures 1 to 6, is disposed above the path of the rows R 1 , R 2 and R 3 of the containers.
  • It essentially comprises means 21 for advancing step by step the cover strip 5, in synchronism with the installation 1, through a cutting station 22 of a row of covers.
  • the cap strip 5 is unwound from a spool 23, moves horizontally in the direction of the arrow G at the cutting station 22, and the waste strip is recovered by a second spool 24.
  • the cutting station 22 is disposed above the dispensing station 16 of the covers on the containers 2 of the row R 2 , and parallel to the latter.
  • the counter-tools 25 are in the form of sleeves, whose contour of the upper orifice is shaped according to the contour of the cap 4 to be cut with its tongue 11.
  • the contour of the cutting tools is complementary to that of the orifices sleeves.
  • the contours of the sleeves of the sleeves in horizontal planes are flared downwards to allow the removal of the caps 4 cut by the tools 25, as will be explained later in this memoir.
  • References 27a and 27b designate two drive rolls of the cap strip, arranged horizontally and perpendicularly to the running direction G of the cap strip 5 and which define the horizontal path of advancement of the cap strip 5 in the cutting station 22 of the lids 4.
  • the cap strip 5 moves horizontally at the cutting station. 22 in the direction of the arrow G which is oblique with respect to the direction of movement of the rows of containers R 1 , R 2 , R 3 defined by the arrow F.
  • FIG. 2 also shows that the center distance E 1 between the cutting tools 25 is smaller than the center distance E 2 between the containers 2 of the same row, that is to say at the center distance between the columns of containers passing through the installation 1.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to reduce the waste in the band of waste coming from the lidded strip 5 after cutting the rows of lids.
  • the covers 4 are substantially circular, the pitch P 1 for advancing the cover strip 5 at each cycle is substantially equal to the center distance E 1 of the cutting tools 25.
  • the advancement path of the lidding strip 5, defined by the arrow G makes an angle of 60 ° with the alignment of the tools 25 and 26 of the cutting station 22 of lids.
  • the number of lids 4 cut in a cycle is obviously equal to the number of containers 2 of a row.
  • the device 20 further comprises means 30 for transferring a row of cut lids to the cutting station 22 to the dispensing station 16 of a row of lids 4 on the containers 2 of the row R 2 .
  • These transfer means 30, shown in detail in FIGS. 3 and 4, comprise a plurality of pairs of rows of diametrically opposed tubes 31a, 31b, arranged on generatrices regularly angularly spaced at the periphery of a barrel 32, which can not rotate stepping around a support axis 33, carried by uprights 33a, 33b disposed on either side of the advancement path of the thermoplastic strip 3.
  • the barrel 32 comprises, for example, three opposite pairs of rows of tubes 31a, 31b and the barrel 32 rotates 60 ° at each cycle in the direction of the arrow R, and in such a way that when a row of lids is cut at the cutting station 22, a row of referenced tubes 31a is disposed at the top of the barrel opposite the lower holes of the sleeves 26, whereas the row of tubes referenced 31b is arranged in bottom of the barrel next to the lids dispensing station 16.
  • the support axis 33 is parallel to the row R 2 of containers and to the cutting tools 25, and disposed substantially midway between the flanges 6 of the containers 2 of the row R 2 and the sleeves 26, to allow the rotation step by step the barrel 32 in the direction of the arrow R.
  • the tubes 31a and 31b extend radially at the periphery of the barrel 32, and their outer ends are equipped with suction cups 34a, 34b, allowing suction gripping of the caps cut in the cutting station.
  • the reference 35 designates hoses which make it possible to put the internal cavity of the tubes 31a into communication with those on the left of FIG. 3 with a vacuum source 36, and to put the tubes 31b and those situated on the right of FIG. the exhaust or in communication with a pressure source 37, via a rotary joint 38 mounted on the support shaft 33 and shown in Figure 4, and a pneumatic circuit known per se and which does not requires no further explanation.
  • the support pin 33 is vertically movable from its average position which allows the barrel 32 to pivot, on the one hand, towards a low position, when removing lids 4 on the flanges 6 of the containers 2 at the dispensing station.
  • 16 in which the suction cups 34b of the tubes 31b descend on the containers 2 and take the position referenced 34b 'in FIGS. 5 and 6 and, on the other hand, towards a high position, when the caps are cut at the cutting station.
  • the reference 39 denotes a plate located at the dispensing station, above the receptacles 2 and below the swiveling path of the suction cups 34b, which has orifices 40 adapted to the section of the covers 4 and allowing the centering of the lids 4 brought by the suction cups 34b.
  • the suction cups 34b are moved towards the position referenced 34b 'below the orifices 40 and apply a very light force to the covers 4, these being centered by the orifices 40 rigorously positioned above the flanges 6 of the containers of the row R 2 .
  • the suction cups 34a of the upper tubes 31a descend.
  • the support pin 33 is raised to its upper position, and the suction cups 34a, in the referenced position 34a ', suck the lids during cutting.
  • the upper tubes 31a are held in depression for three cycles, in the example shown in the drawings, until they reach the lower position of the barrel 32.
  • each row of tubes As is shown on FIG. FIGS. 3 and 4 are slidably mounted, independently of one another, on a guide shaft referenced 41a for the tubes 31a and 41b for the tubes 31b, parallel to the support axis 33, and each tube 31 comprises an inner foot provided with a roller 42 guided axially at the periphery of the support shaft 33 by a cam path 43.
  • the installation 1, shown in the drawings, comprises four columns of containers arranged in rows.
  • Each row of tubes also comprises four tubes 31 and the support pin 33 has at its periphery four cam paths 43 whose spacing in the upper zone of the support axis 33 is equal to E 1 and whose center distance in the lower zone of the support axis 33 is equal to E 2 .
  • the sliding of the tubes 31 along their guide axis 41a, or 41b is made in known manner by means of bushes and slides.
  • the device 20 also comprises means 50 for fixing at least partially the lids 4 deposited on the flanges 6 of the containers 2 of the row R 2 at the removal station 16.
  • These means 50 are visible in FIGS. They essentially comprise a set of arms 51 parallel to the direction F of displacement of the rows of containers, and arranged just above the path of the containers. These arms 51 are carried by a tree 52 being pivotable between a high position in which the ends 55 of the arms 51 are above the suction cups 34b and a low position in which the ends 55 of the arms 51 fix the lids deposited on the containers 2 in the removal station 16.
  • the arms 51 are five in number, the two end arms being arranged outside the end columns, and the three intermediate arms being arranged respectively between two adjacent columns of containers.
  • the ends 55 of the arms 51 are located above the removal station 16.
  • the width of the arms 51 is sufficiently small to allow the passage between two arms 51 adjacent a suction cup with a lid during the transfer of the covers.
  • the ends 55 of the arms are wider than the space separating two neighboring lids deposited by the tubes 31b on the containers 2 at the removal station 16. These ends 55 have, on their underside, means for fixing the lids 4 by points. on the flanges 6 of the containers at the removal station 16 by cooperation with counter-tools 53, preferably fixed, arranged between the columns of containers and outside the end columns.
  • the fixing means comprise, for example, heated nipples 54 which, by pressing on the lateral edges of the lids 4 deposited on the flanges 6 of the containers, provide the point fixation of the lids 4 on the flanges 6 of the containers by melting the thermoplastic material.
  • the ends 55 of the intermediate arms 51 comprise, for example, four pins 54, two of which fix the lid on the container of the right-hand column and two fix the left-hand lid on the corresponding container, the ends 55 of the end-arms comprising in this case of two nipples 54.
  • the final sealing of the covers 4 on the containers 2 is carried out in a cycle subsequent to the sealing station 18, where the weld beads 10 are produced.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Ausschneiden einer Reihe von Deckeln aus einem Deckelstreifen und zu deren Befestigung auf einer quer angeordneten Reihe gefüllter Behälter, die in einer Behälterfüllanlage schrittweise vorgeschoben werden, mit:
    - Mitteln zum schrittweisen Vorschieben eines Deckelstreifens (5) oberhalb der Vorschubbahn der Reihen (R2) aus Behältern (2),
    - Mitteln (25, 26) zum Ausschneiden einer Reihe von Deckeln (4) aus dem Deckelstreifen (5), wobei die Schneidemittel parallel zu der Reihe der zu verschließenden Behälter und oberhalb derselben angeordnet sind,
    - Mitteln (30) zum Transferieren einer Reihe von Deckeln von der Deckelschneidestation (22) zu einer Station (16) zur Ablage der Deckel auf den zu verschließenden Behältern (2) einer Reihe,
    - Mitteln zum wenigstens partiellen Befestigen der abgelegten Deckel auf den jeweiligen Rändern der Behälter, und
    - Mitteln zum Betätigen der Mittel zum schrittweisen Vorschieben des Deckelstreifens, der Deckelschneidemittel, der Transfermittel und der Befestigungsmittel im Gleichlauf mit den Mitteln zum Vorschieben der Reihen gefüllter Behälter,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Mittenabstand (E1) der Schneidemittel (25, 26) kleiner ist als der Mittenabstand (E2) der zu verschließenden Behälter (2), und dass die Transfermittel (30) mit Nockenbahnen (43) zusammenwirken, um ein Ändern ihres Mittenabstandes zwischen dem Wert E1 und dem Wert E2 zu ermöglichen.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorschubbahn (G) des Deckelstreifens (5) bezüglich der Mittel (25, 26) zum Ausschneiden eines Deckelstreifens schräg ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorschubbahn des Deckelstreifens mit den Schneidemitteln (25, 26) einen Winkel von circa 60° bildet.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt (P1) zum Vorschieben des Deckelstreifens (5) im Wesentlichen dem Mittenabstand (E1) der Schneidemittel (25, 26) entspricht.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Mittenabstand (E1) der Nockenbahnen (43) in dem der Deckelschneidestation (22) gegenüberliegenden Bereich dem Mittenabstand (E1) der Schneidemittel (25, 26) entspricht, und ihr Mittenabstand (E2) in dem der Ablagestation (16) gegenüberliegenden Bereich dem Mittenabstand (E2) der zu verschließenden Behälter (2) entspricht.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (30) zum Transferieren einer Deckelreihe umfassen:
    - wenigstens eine Reihe paralleler Greifrohre (31a, 31b), die von einer Trommel (32) getragen sind, welche um eine Halteachse (33) herum drehbar montiert ist, die gegenüber der Deckelschneidestation (22) und oberhalb der Deckelablagestation (16) angeordnet ist, wobei die freien Enden (34a, 34b) der Rohre (31a, 31b) Deckel (4) durch Ansaugen zu halten vermögen,
    - Mittel zum schrittweisen Drehen der Trommel (32) zwischen einer Position zum Greifen der Deckel (4), in der die Rohre (31a) der Reihe zu den Schneidemitteln (22) zeigen, und einer Position zum Ablegen der Deckel (4), in der die Rohre (31b) nach unten weisen und ihre freien Enden (34b) sich in der Nähe der zu verschließenden Behälter (2) befinden, und
    - Mittel (35, 38) zum Verbinden der Rohre (31) mit einer Unterdruckquelle (36) beim Greifen der Deckel und bei deren Transfer von der Deckelschneidestation (22) zur Ablagestation (16) und zu deren Lösen (37) beim Ablegen der Deckel (4) auf den zu verschließenden Behältern.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Transfermittel (30) ferner Mittel umfassen zum Verlagern der Halteachse (33) zu den Schneidemitteln (22), wenn sich die Trommel (32) in der Position zum Greifen einer Deckelreihe befindet, und zum Verlagern nach unten, wenn sich die Trommel (32) in der Ablageposition befindet, um das Positionieren der Deckel (4) auf den Rändern der Behälter (2) zu ermöglichen.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 6 oder 7,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Trommel (32) eine Vielzahl von Rohrreihen (31a, 31b) umfasst, welche entlang von Erzeugenden angeordnet sind, die gleichmäßig auf dem Umfang der Trommel (32) winkelmäßig verteilt sind, und zwar solchermaßen, dass, wenn sich eine Rohrreihe (31a) in der Greifposition befindet, sich eine andere Rohrreihe (31b) in der Ablageposition befindet, wobei die Trommel (32) bei jedem Zyklus schrittweise in dieselbe Richtung dreht.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Greifposition zur Ablageposition bezüglich der Halteachse (33) der Trommel (32) diametral entgegengesetzt ist
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 9,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rohre (31) einer Reihe unabhängig voneinander auf einer Führungsachse (41a, 41b) gleitend montiert sind, die mit der Trommel (32) fest verbunden und zur Halteachse (33) parallel ist, und jeweils einen Rohrfuß (42) umfassen, der durch eine Nockenbahn (43) geführt wird, die mit der Halteachse (33) der Trommel (32) ortsfest verbunden ist.
  11. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel zum wenigstens partiellen Befestigen der Deckel (4), die auf den jeweiligen Rändern (6) der zu verschließenden Behälter (2) einer Reihe abgelegt sind, einen Satz Arme (51) umfassen, die zur Vorschubrichtung der Reihen der zu verschließenden Behälter im Wesentlichen parallel sind und von einer über der Vorschubbahn der Behälterreihen (2) angeordneten Welle (52) gehalten sind, wobei die freien Enden (55) der mittleren Arme des Armsatzes zwischen den zu verschließenden Behältern und den freien Enden der äußeren Arme außerhalb der zu verschließenden äußeren Behälter angeordnet sind, wobei sich die Welle (52) zwischen einer oberen Position, in der die Arme (51) den Durchgang der Transfermittel (30) beim Transfer einer Deckelreihe freigeben, und einer unteren Position zu drehen vermag, in der die Enden (55) der Arme (51) auf den Seitenrändern der Deckel (4) aufliegen, die auf den Rändern (6) der zu verschließenden Behälter (2) abgelegt sind, wobei die Enden der Arme (51) Mittel (54) zum punktweisen Befestigen der Deckel (4) auf den Rändern (6) der entsprechenden Behälter (2) im Zusammenwirken mit Gegenwerkzeugen (53) umfassen, die unter den Seitenrändern der zu verschließenden Behälter (2) angeordnet sind.
  12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Gegenwerkzeuge (53) feststehend sind.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einer Anlage (1) zum Thermoformen und Füllen von Behältern (2) aus einem thermoplastischen Streifen (3) zugeordnet ist.
  14. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 13,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Anlage (1) zum Thermoformen und Füllen von Behältern Behälter (2) mit Hinterschnitt erzeugt.
  15. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 14,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Behälter (2) einen Körper (8) und einen Rand (6) aufweisen, der mit dem Körper (8) durch einen Hals verbunden ist, wobei der Rand (6) einen Durchmesser (D2) hat, der kleiner als der Durchmesser (D1) des Körpers (8) ist.
  16. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einer Anlage zum Thermoformen von Behältern aus vorgeschnittenen Formen und zum Füllen thermogeformter Behältern zugeordnet ist.
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