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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Jan Peter Hecktor, Weitersburg, DE;
Marius Michael Herrmann, Rosenheim, DE;
Inventors:
Jan Peter Hecktor, Weitersburg, DE;
Marius Michael Herrmann, Rosenheim, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B67B 3/06 (2006.01); B67B 3/28 (2006.01); B67B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B 3/264 (2013.01); B67B 3/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for closing containers includes a supplying device for supplying a closure element to a container. The supplying device includes a cap detecting system that records a random position of the closure element and is designed to hold the closure element in the random position and to convey it in a circumferential direction while maintaining it in this random position.