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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Ulrich Wiedemann, Dortmund, DE;
Klaus Jendrichowski, Holzwickede, DE;
Inventors:
Ulrich Wiedemann, Dortmund, DE;
Klaus Jendrichowski, Holzwickede, DE;
Assignee:
KHS Maschinen-und Anlagenbau AG, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/30 (2006.01); B65G 47/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transfer station in a container filling plant comprising an input, an output, a conveyor for feeding containers, a plurality of spaced apart webs disposed upstream of the input of the transfer station, and vertically oriented rotatable directing elements, each rotatable about its vertical rotational axis and disposed upstream of the webs for contacting the bodies of the containers to steer the containers into the receiving spaces between the webs.