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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Michael Jörissen, Bedburg-Hau, DE;
Alexander Brüker, Kalkar, DE;
Thomas Nitsch, Kleve, DE;
Josef Düpper, Bedburg-Haus, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Jörissen, Bedburg-Hau, DE;
Alexander Brüker, Kalkar, DE;
Thomas Nitsch, Kleve, DE;
Josef Düpper, Bedburg-Haus, DE;
Assignee:
KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a beverage can packaging station in which the filled closed cans in a group of cans are individually spaced apart from one another at a distance sufficient to permit the lowering of a divider into the spaces between the individual cans substantially only by gravity.