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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Khs Gmbh, Dortmund, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Fahldieck, Idar-Oberstein, DE;
Ludwig Clüsserath, Bad Kreuznach, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/847 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A container-conveying segment includes a driving conveyor and a driven conveyor that couple to each other at a handoff area at which containers are transferred from one to the other. The conveyors comprise star wheels that rotate in opposite directions about their respective vertical machine axes. The rotors interact with one another at the handoff area. A drive couples to the driving conveyor but not to the driven conveyor. The driving conveyor transfers torque to the driven conveyor at a torque-transfer area.