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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Khs Gmbh, Dortmund, DE;
Inventors:
Ulrich Scholz, Lüdinghausen, DE;
Sebastian Götze, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/71 (2006.01); B65G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/715 (2013.01); B65G 21/2072 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0244 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0252 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for shaping a narrow container stream, into a wide container stream includes container guides and a shaping region that extends between an inlet and an outlet. Transport bands connecting laterally to each other and define a transport plane along which the containers are transported. The container guides are constrained to be between defined limit curves defined by second and third order polynomials. As a result, the container guides are cambered in a way that promotes interruption-free widening of the container stream.