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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2008
Peter Christiansen, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Christiansen, Hamburg, DE;
Krones AG, Neutraubling, DE;
Abstract
A machine for forming containers having a blowing module containing a drivable rotor, a heating module containing a drivable conveyor and feeding the blowing module, and a main drive which is associated with both the blowing and heating modules and which is adapted to be selectively operated either in a continuous mode or in a clocked mode. A power train includes a decoupling unit which is arranged between the rotor and the conveyor and which is selectively actuable, and an auxiliary drive, which can be switched on selectively, is provided for the power train component that is separated from the main drive in the actuated condition of the decoupling unit.