EP4271634A1 - Vorrichtung zum halten eines behälters und behälterbehandlungsvorrichtung - Google Patents
Vorrichtung zum halten eines behälters und behälterbehandlungsvorrichtungInfo
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- the present invention relates to a device for holding a container in a container handling device, for example for holding a beverage container in a neck portion or in a belly portion in a container closing device.
- passive devices or passive clamps for holding a container are known, which are elastically prestressed simply by pushing the respective container into the device for holding the container and then hold the respective container.
- a clip for gripping containers is known from DE 10 2015 218 204 A1.
- the clip has a fixed position. To grab a container, it must be pressed into the clamp.
- the rigid gripping arms are spread outwards, so that the container must be moved against the closing force of the gripping arms resulting from the spreading of the clamp.
- the container is subjected to a high force when it is pushed in, so that such holding devices are not suitable for gripping or holding fragile and/or easily deformable and thin-walled containers.
- there is a tendency for the surfaces of the respective containers to be scratched, so that the quality of the containers may be reduced.
- active devices or active clamps for holding a container, in which an opening and closing of the respective holding sections of the device is actively carried out for holding a container by means of an actuator.
- Such active devices for holding a container are used in particular to enable the respective container to be transferred safely and gently from a preceding device for holding a container or to ensure that the container is transferred to a subsequent device for holding a container just as safely and gently as possible.
- a predetermined holding force or clamping force can be set, which is within a predetermined Tolerance range of the container dimensions can be maintained.
- Such active devices for holding a container are made up of a large number of individual parts, for example clamp arms, bushings, spring elements, prestressing elements and corresponding connecting elements for securely connecting the aforementioned parts, as well as control elements for controlling the position of the clamp arms or the holding sections, for example actuators, rollers, gears, together.
- Devices constructed in this way for holding a container are therefore difficult to clean and have a correspondingly high production cost.
- Such devices for holding a container are known, for example, from US 2012/085068 A1 or DE 10 2009 043 984 A1.
- the filled products are often sensitive to contamination, so that, for example, the containers are filled or the containers are sealed with a container closure under a special atmosphere, which is provided, for example, by a clean room or isolator.
- an object of the present invention to provide an improved device for holding a container in a container treatment device, preferably for holding a beverage container in a neck section or in a belly section in a container closing device, and a corresponding method.
- a device for holding a container in a container treatment device preferably for holding a beverage container in a neck section or in a belly section in a container closing device, with the features of claim 1.
- a device for holding a container in a container treatment device preferably for holding a beverage container in its neck section or in its belly section, comprising two gripper arms which can be pivoted relative to one another in a pivot plane and which each have a holding section for holding the container to be held, a relative to the pivoting plane along its longitudinal axis, and a coupling member rotatably coupled to a pivoted lever arranged on a gripping arm in a rotationally fixed manner and rotatably coupled to the lifting rod the lifting rod and the coupling of the coupling member with the pivoting lever oriented geometric axis to hold the coupling member in a predetermined position.
- the device comprises a lifting rod that can be displaced along its longitudinal axis relative to the pivoting plane and a coupling element that is rotatably connected to a pivoting lever that is arranged on a gripper arm in a rotationally fixed manner and is rotatably connected to the lifting rod
- a minimum installation space in the radial direction of a container transport device can be smaller than with conventional devices.
- the activation of the clamp arms of the device for holding a container can be arranged above or below in relation to the pivoting plane.
- a seal between the displaceable lifting rod and a housing of a container treatment device can be constructed more simply than with pivoting or rotating control elements; in particular, a static seal can take place on the lifting rod and on the housing.
- the actuation or a control unit can be placed in a simple manner in an area in which contamination with the filling product is less likely or occurs to a lesser extent.
- the actuation or the control unit can also be arranged outside of a clean room.
- the device uses the magnet arrangement, which is designed to hold the coupling member in a predetermined position with respect to a geometric axis oriented between the coupling or connection of the coupling member to the lifting rod and the coupling or connection of the coupling member to the pivoted lever , can be achieved in that the coupling member does not tilt about the geometric axis during operation of the device and thus does not come into contact with the lifting rod or a housing part at least partially enclosing the lifting rod.
- the coupling element rubs against the lifting rod and/or the housing part during operation of the device, which causes mechanical wear of the corresponding areas and the risk of contamination of the filling material and/or the container to be held , as well as other parts of the plant comprising the device with abrasion resulting from the grinding.
- the magnet arrangement therefore provides a balancing of the coupling member with respect to the lifting rod or the housing part or a rotational angle position of the coupling member with respect to the geometric axis, without the need for additional wearing parts such as springs or plain bearings, which would otherwise result in costs and additional unwanted friction.
- the magnet arrangement preferably provides a magnetic force, preferably a magnetic repulsive force, between the coupling element and the lifting rod and/or the coupling element and a housing part at least partially enclosing the lifting rod and/or another element spatially assigned to the lifting rod, with the magnetic force provided being used to Coupling member is held in the predetermined position, and therefore the angular position with respect to the geometric axis. It has proven to be advantageous if the pivoting lever can be pivoted relative to the lifting rod and/or relative to the pivoting lever about at least two, preferably three orthogonally oriented axes, each by at least a predetermined pivoting angle.
- the pivoting about the plurality of axes can each be provided individually by a separate bearing with one degree of freedom, and therefore with pivotability about an axis.
- pivoting about at least two axes can also be provided by a bearing.
- Pivoting about the three orthogonally oriented axes is preferably provided by a bearing, preferably by a ball joint-like bearing or by a ball joint.
- the magnet arrangement has at least one magnet element pointing in the direction of the lifting rod on the coupling element and at least one magnet element pointing in the direction of the coupling element on the side of the lifting rod, the magnet elements being arranged essentially opposite one another and the magnet elements being oriented in such a way that they have the same polarity to point to each other.
- the magnet element on the side of the coupling member and the magnet element arranged opposite it on the side of the lifting rod form a pair of magnet elements located opposite one another.
- the coupling member in the predetermined position or location are held in soft mechanical contact between the coupling member and lifting rod and / or housing part is avoided.
- the lifting rod is oriented perpendicularly to the pivoting plane in relation to its longitudinal axis.
- Other orientations of the lifting rod relative to the pivoting plane are also possible, for example an orientation at an angle other than 90°, or an orientation lying in the pivoting plane, or an orientation lying in a plane parallel to the pivoting plane.
- a coupling arrangement is preferably arranged between the gripper arms and the lifting rod, which converts the displacement of the lifting rod into pivoting of the holding areas relative to one another.
- the gripping arms are pivotable about a common pivot axis.
- the gripping arms can each have their own pivot axis, about which they are pivotable.
- the gripping arms can be pivoted relative to one another by displacing the gripping arms in the pivoting plane, preferably by displacing and pivoting the gripping arms relative to one another, without the gripping arms having a fixed pivot axis.
- only one of the gripper arms can also be moved and the other can be designed to be stationary.
- both gripping arms each have a pivoting lever which is coupled to the lifting rod via a coupling element, or the gripping arms are rotationally coupled to one another, preferably via two gear wheels that engage in one another.
- the coupling member is coupled to the lifting rod by means of a ball joint and/or the pivoting lever is coupled to the coupling member by means of a ball joint.
- the coupling member can have an adjusting element, preferably an eccentric element, for adjusting the pivoting position of the gripper arm, with a distance between the coupling of the coupling member with the lifting rod and the Coupling of the coupling member can be changed with the pivoting lever by adjusting the adjusting element.
- the lifting rod comprises a carriage element, the at least one coupling element being coupled to the lifting rod via the carriage element.
- the carriage element preferably comprises at least one magnet element of the magnet arrangement. It has proven to be advantageous here if the carriage element includes all the magnetic elements on the side of the lifting rod, since this means that the at least one magnetic element of the coupling link and the magnetic element arranged opposite it on the side of the lifting rod can be moved in any position of the lifting rod relative to the Gripper arms are positioned opposite each other particularly precisely.
- the coupling member can be coupled to the carriage element on one side and the coupling member can be coupled to the pivoted lever on the other side.
- the coupling of the coupling member on the lifting rod is arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis above the coupling of the coupling member with the pivoting lever. If the swivel lever extends on the side of the holding section in relation to the swivel axis, by moving the lifting rod in the direction towards the gripper arms, in other words in relation to the orientation of the device for holding a container by moving the lifting rod downwards Opening of the gripper arms, thus pivoting the holding portions of the gripper arms away from each other, are made possible. Accordingly, by raising the lifting rod, and thus moving the lifting rod upwards, the holding sections can be closed, in which case the holding sections are pivoted in opposite directions towards one another.
- the swivel lever extends in relation to the swivel axis on a side opposite the holding section, for example a rear side of the device, then by moving the lifting rod in the direction towards the gripping arms, in other words in relation to the orientation of the device for holding a container by moving the lifting rod downwards, closing the gripping arms, and thus pivoting the holding sections of the gripping arms towards one another. Accordingly, by raising the lifting rod, and thus moving the lifting rod upwards, the holding sections can be opened, in which case the holding sections are pivoted away from one another in opposite directions.
- the coupling of the coupling member to the lifting rod can be arranged below the coupling of the coupling member to the pivoting lever in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
- the coupling between the at least one pivoted lever and the at least one coupling link relative to the pivot axis can be arranged on a side opposite the holding section, or the coupling between the at least one pivoted lever and the at least one coupling link relative to the pivot axis can be arranged on the Be arranged side of the holding portion.
- the lifting rod has, on its side opposite the gripping arms, a control unit for controlling the position of the lifting rod in relation to the longitudinal axis.
- the control unit can be provided in an area in which it has a low risk of being contaminated by filling product.
- this makes it possible to arrange the control unit outside of a housing which encloses the gripping arms of the device for holding a container.
- control unit can have a biasing element for biasing the lifting rod into a predetermined position, preferably a spring.
- the lifting rod can comprise an interaction section for interacting with a setting device for specifying the position of the lifting rod, with the interaction element preferably being in the form of a sliding element, a bolt and/or a roller, preferably designed for sliding and/or rolling on a guide curve or guide groove formed setting device is formed.
- the lifting rod comprises two rod elements that can be displaced relative to one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the rod elements being coupled in the direction of the longitudinal axis via a spring element.
- the lifting rod comprises a seal for sealing the lifting rod from a housing opening of a housing of the container treatment device, through which the lifting rod extends. It is thus possible to arrange the gripping arms inside the housing, with a special atmosphere preferably being provided inside the housing, in particular an atmosphere with a reduced number of germs, roughly corresponding to a clean room, in which the container held by the gripping arms can be treated. and a control unit can be arranged outside the housing.
- the seal is attached to the lift rod.
- the seal can be designed to be attached to the housing opening.
- the seal is preferably designed to compensate for a stroke of the lifting rod required for pivoting the gripping arms during operation, the seal preferably comprising a silicone material and/or being designed as a bellows.
- a coupling housing encloses the at least one coupling link and the at least one pivoting lever, with the lifting rod preferably extending through a preferably sealed opening in the coupling housing, and the gripping arms each being fastened to a shaft which can be pivoted about the pivot axis of the gripping arm, with the shafts extend through a preferably sealed bore in the coupling housing.
- the area of the coupling between the lifting rod and gripping arms in particular the area in which the coupling member is coupled to the lifting rod, the area in which the coupling member is coupled to the pivoting lever, and a bearing of the shafts on a holder by the coupling housing Contamination, for example with filling product, are protected.
- a container treatment device for closing a container with a container closure, which comprises a transport device for transporting containers.
- the container treatment device is characterized in that the transport device has a device for holding a container according to one of the above embodiments.
- the transport device has a device for holding a container according to one of the above embodiments, the advantages and effects described with regard to the device also apply in an analogous manner to the container treatment device.
- the container treatment device comprises a housing for providing a closed space, the gripper arms being arranged inside the housing and the lifting rod extending through a housing opening, the control unit being arranged outside the housing, preferably above the housing opening.
- the housing opening is sealed by providing a seal between the housing opening and the lift rod as described above.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a container treatment device
- Figure 2 shows schematically a perspective side view of a device for holding a container
- FIG. 3 schematically shows a perspective rear view of the device from FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 schematically shows a rear view of the device from FIG. 2;
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic sectional view through a coupling element of the device from FIGS. 2 to 4;
- FIG. 6 schematically shows a perspective side view of a partial area of the device from FIG. 2;
- FIG. 7 schematically shows a perspective side view of the coupling element from FIG. 5;
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic sectional view through a partial area of the device from FIG. 2;
- FIG. 9 shows schematically a pair of gripping arms of the device from FIG. 2 in an open state
- FIG. 10 schematically shows the pair of gripping arms from FIG. 9 in a closed state
- FIG. 11 shows a schematic functional sketch of the device from FIG. 2;
- Figure 12 is a schematic functional sketch of another device for holding a container.
- Figure 13 shows schematically a side view of another device for holding a container. Detailed description of preferred exemplary embodiments
- Figure 1 shows a schematic side view of a container treatment device 100, which comprises a transport device 110 for transporting containers 7, a treatment device 130, present in the form of a closing device for closing a container 7 with a container closure (not shown), and a treatment device 130 at least partially enclosing housing 120 includes.
- the housing 120 can be an insulator, for example, which is used to form an atmosphere in its interior that is shielded from the environment.
- the transport device 110 has a device 1 for holding a container 7, which comprises two gripper arms 2 which can be pivoted relative to one another in a pivot plane 21 and which each have a holding section 20 for holding the container 7 to be held, in the present case in a neck section of the container 7.
- the device 1 shown here also comprises a lifting rod 3 which is coupled to the gripping arms 2 in such a way that the holding sections 20 can be pivoted relative to one another by a relative displacement of the lifting rod 3 perpendicularly to the pivot plane 21 .
- the displacement of the lifting rod 3 is indicated by the reference number 37 and the pivoting of the gripping arm 2 is indicated by the reference number 25 .
- the lifting rod 3 can also be arranged in such a way that it allows displacement at an angle that differs from 90° relative to the pivot plane 21, or also displacement in the pivot plane 21 itself or in a plane parallel to the pivot plane 21 .
- the lifting rod 3 can correspondingly also be oriented at an angle that differs from 90° with respect to the pivoting plane 21 , in the pivoting plane 21 or in a plane parallel to the pivoting plane 21 .
- the lifting rod 3 extends along its longitudinal axis 30.
- the lifting rod 3 is oriented perpendicularly to the pivot plane 21 in relation to its longitudinal axis 30.
- a coupling arrangement 10 is arranged between the lifting rod 3 and the gripping arms 2, which is set up to convert a displacement of the lifting rod 3 perpendicularly to the pivoting plane 21 into a pivoting of the gripping arms 2 relative to one another.
- the lifting rod 3 includes a control unit 5 for controlling the position of the lifting rod 3 with respect to the longitudinal axis 30.
- the control unit 5 includes a prestressing element 50, presently in the form of a spiral spring, which is supported on one side on a shoulder 38 of the lifting rod 3 and on the other side on a carrier 111 of the transport device 110 is supported.
- a roller bearing 53 for rotationally decoupling the prestressing element 50 and the shoulder 38 is arranged between the shoulder 38 and the end of the spiral spring which is supported on it.
- the lifting rod 3 is prestressed in an upper end position viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis 30, which in the present case corresponds to the direction of gravity g.
- the control unit 5 also includes an interaction section 51, in the present case in the form of a roller 52, which can roll over a guide curve (not shown).
- an interaction section 51 in the present case in the form of a roller 52, which can roll over a guide curve (not shown).
- the gripper arms 2 and therefore the holding sections 20 are in an open position.
- the lifting rod 3 is to be moved against the bias of the biasing element 50 perpendicularly to the pivot plane 21 in the direction of the gripping arms 2 .
- the displacement 37 of the lifting rod in the gravitational direction g is translated into the pivoting movement 22 of the gripping arms 2 by the coupling arrangement 10 .
- the lifting rod 3 comprises two rod elements 33 , 34 which can be displaced relative to one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis 30 and which are coupled in the direction of the longitudinal axis via a spring element 35 .
- a closing force can accordingly be provided on the holding sections 20 via the spring element 35 and an overtravel of the upper rod element 33 .
- the overtravel of the rod element 33 i.e. the path which the rod element 33 additionally covers, specified via the roller 52, after the gripper arms 2 are in the closed position due to the displacement of the lifting element 3 in the direction of the gripper arms 2, corresponds to a spring deflection of the Spring element 35, through which a compressive force is transmitted to the lower rod element 34 according to the spring stiffness of the spring element 35.
- this compressive force is applied to the gripping arms 2 transferred, so that the gripping arms 2 press on their holding sections 20 with a corresponding closing force in the direction of the container 7 to be held.
- the lifting rod can also be coupled to the gripping arms in such a way that the lifting rod 3 is raised counter to the direction of gravity g. Accordingly, the prestressing element 35 can then be designed as a tension spring.
- the gripping arms 2 of the device 1 are arranged within the enclosed space provided by the housing 120 .
- the lifting rod 3 extends through a housing opening 121, with the control unit 5 being arranged outside the housing 120, above the housing 120 in the present case.
- the lifting rod 3 includes a seal 36 by means of which the lifting rod 3 is sealed off from the housing seal 21 .
- the seal 36 is firmly attached to the lifting rod 3 and is also firmly attached to the housing opening 121 or the housing 120 .
- the seal 36 is designed in such a way that a stroke of the lifting rod 3 that is required during operation can be compensated for by the seal 36 .
- the seal 36 has a silicone material and is in the form of a bellows.
- the seal 36 can also be designed in the form of a hollow cylinder.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 schematically show a perspective side view and a perspective rear view of a device 1 for holding a container, as can be contained, for example, in the container treatment device 100 according to FIG.
- the device 1 comprises two gripping arms 2 that can be pivoted relative to one another in the pivoting plane 21 and the lifting rod 3.
- the gripping arms 2 are each arranged on a holder 11 so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis 22 oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis 30 and formed via a mechanical shaft 24 .
- Each gripping arm 2 also includes a pivoting lever 23 which is arranged on the shaft 24 and extends perpendicularly to the pivoting axis 22 in relation to the pivot axis 22 on the side opposite the holding section 20 .
- the pivoted lever 23 is connected to the gripping arm 2 in a rotationally fixed manner.
- the lifting rod 3 comprises an S-shaped carriage element 31 which is rigidly attached to the lifting rod 3 in a middle section 32 of the carriage element 31 .
- Each pivoting lever 23 is coupled to the lifting rod 3 via a coupling link 4 , the coupling 42 between the coupling link 4 and the pivoting lever 23 being located on the side opposite the holding section 20 in relation to the associated pivoting axis 22 .
- Each coupling member 4 is arranged on one side of the carriage element 31 of the lifting rod 3 so that it can be pivoted via a ball joint 45 via three axes oriented orthogonally to one another.
- the pivoting lever 23 is pivoted on the coupling member 4 via a further ball joint 45 via three axes oriented orthogonally to one another.
- each coupling link 4 comprises an adjusting element 43, in this case designed as an eccentric element, for adjusting the pivoting position of the gripping arm.
- a distance between the coupling 41 and the coupling 42 can be set via the eccentric element.
- FIG. 4 which shows a schematic rear view of the device 1 from FIGS. 42 are arranged in relation to the pivot axes 22 on a side opposite the holding sections 20 .
- Figure 5 schematically shows a sectional view through one of the coupling links 4 according to the device 1 from Figures 2 to 4, with the coupling link 4 here comprising an adjusting element 43 in the form of a screw with a truncated cone section, whereby by adjusting the position of the adjusting element 43 the distance 48 of the ball joints 45 relative to one another in the direction of a geometric axis 46 oriented between the coupling 41 or the connection of the coupling member 4 to the lifting rod 3 and the coupling 42 or the connection of the coupling member 4 to the pivoted lever 23.
- the ball joints 45 allow the coupling member 4 to pivot relative to the pivoted lever 23 or relative to the lifting rod 3 about three axes 40, 46, 47 oriented orthogonally to one another.
- a magnet arrangement 8 is provided, which is designed in relation to the between the coupling 41 or connection of the Coupling member 4 with the lifting rod 3 and the coupling 42 or connection of the coupling member 4 with the pivoting lever 23 oriented geometric axis 46 to hold the coupling member 4 in a predetermined position, as described in more detail below with regard to Figures 6 to 8.
- the magnet arrangement 8 has two magnet elements 81 on the side of the lifting rod 3, which in the present case are in the side 39 pointing towards the coupling link 4 of the carriage member 31 are embedded.
- the magnetic elements 81 are arranged on different sides with respect to the geometric axis 46 .
- Figure 7 schematically shows a perspective side view with a view of the side 49 of the coupling member 4 facing the carriage element 31.
- the magnet arrangement 8 also comprises a plurality of magnet elements 80, 80', which are embedded in the coupling member 4 on the side 49.
- two magnetic elements 80 are arranged on different sides with respect to the geometric axis 46 in such a way that in the installed state they each lie opposite one of the magnetic elements 81, as explained in more detail with regard to FIG.
- the coupling element 4 also includes two further magnet elements 80'. These are provided in order to provide an essentially symmetrical structure for the coupling link 4, so that its installation position on the device 1 is irrelevant.
- FIG. 8 schematically shows a sectional view perpendicular to the geometric axis 46 at the level of the magnet elements 80, 81.
- One magnet element 80 is arranged essentially opposite one magnet element 81 in each case.
- the magnetic elements 80, 81 arranged on one side with respect to the geometric axis 46 form a first pair of opposing magnetic elements 80, 81, which is formed from the magnetic elements 80, 81 shown above the geometric axis 46 in the view shown in FIG.
- the magnetic elements 80, 81 arranged on the other side with respect to the geometric axis 46 form a second pair of opposing magnetic elements 80, 81, which is formed from the magnetic elements 80, 81 shown below the geometric axis 46 in the view shown in FIG .
- the magnetic elements 80, 81 of the pairs are each oriented to one another in such a way that they face one another with the same polarity in order to achieve a repelling effect in this way. In the present case, their south poles are opposite one another. Due to the fact that the magnetic elements 80, 81 of the pairs face each other in such a way that they face each other with the same polarity, there is a magnetic repulsion force 83 between the magnetic elements 80, 81 of the pairs, which in each case prevents the magnetic elements 80, 81 of the pairs move towards one another and thus prevents the coupling link 4 from tilting out of the predetermined position shown in FIG.
- the magnetic elements 81 are preferably designed in the same way, which means that they essentially have the same magnetic strength. Furthermore, the magnetic elements 80 are each configured in the same way, which means that they essentially have the same magnetic strength. Since the distance 82 of both pairs from the geometric axis 46 is also the same, the moments about the geometric axis 46 that are applied by the pairs to the coupling link 4 via the respective magnetic repulsive force 83 are essentially equalized, so that the specified position of the coupling link 4 with respect to the geometric axis 46 is maintained.
- FIG. 9 schematically shows a pair of gripping arms 2 of the device 1 in an open state
- FIG. 10 schematically shows the pair of gripping arms from FIG. 9 in a closed state.
- Figure 11 shows a schematic functional sketch of the device 1 from Figures 2 to 4, the lifting rod 3 together with the S-shaped carriage element 31 and the coupling links 4 with their couplings 41, 42 being shown in an upper position seen in the gravitational direction g with solid lines.
- the dashed lines indicate their position, which they have when the lifting rod 3 has been displaced by a predetermined displacement 37 .
- the displacement 37 results in a corresponding offset 44 of the coupling 42 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 30 to the outside.
- the pivoting lever 23 coupled to the coupling member 4 at the coupling 42 undergoes a pivoting movement corresponding to the offset 44 , which it transmits to the respective gripping arm 2 .
- FIG. 12 schematically shows a functional sketch of a further device 1 for holding a container.
- the device 1 essentially corresponds to that from FIG. 11, the couplings 41 being arranged below the couplings 42 here. Accordingly, the gripper arms 2 are closed by lifting the lifting rod 3, and thus by moving it 37 counter to the gravitational direction g, since the couplings 41 , 42 are arranged on a side opposite the holding sections 20 in relation to the pivot axes 22 .
- FIG. 13 shows a schematic side view of a further device 1 for holding a container 7 .
- the device 1 essentially corresponds to that of FIGS.
- the lifting rod 3 extends through an opening 60 sealed by means of a seal 62 in the coupling housing 6, and the shafts 24 of the gripping arms 2 each extend through a bore 61 sealed by means of a seal 63 in the coupling housing 6.
- the seal 62 is formed here, the during the required stroke of the lifting rod 3 occurring during operation.
- the seal 63 is designed to compensate for the necessary pivoting movement of the shaft 24 occurring during operation.
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| PCT/EP2022/050060 WO2022144460A1 (de) | 2021-01-04 | 2022-01-04 | Vorrichtung zum halten eines behälters und behälterbehandlungsvorrichtung |
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