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Patent No.:

US 10773446 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2016

Apparatus for producing plastic bottles

Applicant:

Sidel Participations S.a.s., Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;

Inventors:

Tim Bast, Zug, CH;

Roberto Zoni, Parma, IT;

Assignee:

SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS, Octeville-sur-mer, FR;

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Nathaniel C Chukwurah

Assistant Examiner:

Mobeen Ahmed

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B29C 49/36 (2006.01); B29C 49/28 (2006.01); B67C 3/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/08 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/24 (2006.01); B65C 3/26 (2006.01); B65C 9/08 (2006.01); B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B67C 3/12 (2006.01); B65C 3/16 (2006.01); B65C 9/04 (2006.01); B67C 3/26 (2006.01); B29C 49/78 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B29C 49/36 (2013.01); B29C 49/4273 (2013.01); B29C 49/78 (2013.01); B65C 3/16 (2013.01); B65C 3/26 (2013.01); B65C 9/04 (2013.01); B65C 9/08 (2013.01); B67C 3/007 (2013.01); B67C 3/08 (2013.01); B67C 3/12 (2013.01); B67C 3/24 (2013.01); B67C 3/2614 (2013.01); B67C 7/002 (2013.01); B67C 7/004 (2013.01); B29C 2949/78537 (2013.01); B29C 2949/78563 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01); B67C 2003/227 (2013.01); B67C 2003/2671 (2013.01);

Abstract

An apparatus for producing plastic bottles comprising: a blow moulding machine including a blow moulding carousel being configured to transform a succession of plastic preforms into respective bottles; a filling machine including: a filling carousel, and a plurality of handling units; a labeling unit configured to feed a succession of labels to be attached to the respective bottles; and a conveying system configured to transfer the bottles within the apparatus. The labeling unit is arranged peripherally to the filling carousel and is configured to feed the labels to the handling units carrying the respective bottles while the handling units are advanced by the filling carousel. The conveying system includes a plurality of consecutive transport star wheels transferring the bottles in a continuous stream from the blow moulding carousel to the filling carousel.

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