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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2004
Herbert Bernhard, Wolfsheim, DE;
Herbert Bernhard, Wolfsheim, DE;
KHS Maschinen-UND Anlagenbau AG, Dortmund, DE;
Abstract
A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a closure applying machine for closing of containers, such as, for example, bottles, cans, canisters, or the like, by way of screw caps that are screwed on, with a plurality of closure applying positions that are provided at the circumference of a rotatable machine rotor that rotates about a vertical machine axis, to which positions the containers to be closed are transferred at a container input and the closed containers are removed therefrom at a container output, whereby each closure applying position is having a container carrier, a container support and a screw unit, said screw unit having at its lowermost end a screw head and that can rotate about a vertically directed axis and being configured to be rotated by a drive and wherein the screw head during rotation of the rotor remains at a height level, with provision being made that the container support comprises means that assuredly effectuate an assured separation of the screw closure and screw head.