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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1993
Gerhard Heudecker, Pentling-Poign, DE;
Georg Setz, Hauzendorf, DE;
Krones Ag Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik, Neutraubling, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for transporting closing caps in vessel closing machines. In order to eliminate the risk of caps getting crushed and to increase the operating reliability and efficiency, the apparatus is characterized in that the end portion of the conveying duct is directly followed in the direction of movement of the engaging means by a guide channel for guiding the caps, the guide channel comprising guide elements extending at both sides of the path of the engaging means, and that the transporting device is so formed that prior to the arrival of the associated engaging means it transports the respectively foremost cap from the end portion of the conveying duct at least partly between the guide elements and retains it there, if necessary, until the arrival of the engaging means.