US 11,814,276 B2
Apparatus and method for closing containers with closures
Tobias Grimme, Feuchtwangen (DE)
Assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
Filed by Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,234.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 127 564.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131211 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B67B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B67B 1/04 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A method for closing containers (12) with closures, the method comprising the steps of:
feeding containers (12) to a transport wheel (14) in a clocked and interruptible manner;
continuously transporting the containers (12) by the transport wheel (14);
closing the containers (12) by a closing device (28) with a respective closure while the containers (12) are accommodated in the transport wheel (14);
inspecting the closed containers (12);
identifying an incorrectly closed container (12) and interrupting the feeding of further containers;
transporting the incorrectly closed container (12) by the transport wheel (14) to re-closing;
re-closing the incorrectly closed container (12), and
wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
feeding containers (12) by a first wheel segment (32) through a rotating movement of the first wheel segment (32) to the transport wheel (14) in a feed region (22);
feeding containers (12) by a second wheel segment (36) through a rotating movement of the second wheel segment (36) to the transport wheel (14) in the feed region (22);
moving the first wheel segment (32) and/or the second wheel segment (36) in such a way that the first wheel segment (32) and the second wheel segment (36) are arranged outside the feed region (22) after an incorrectly closed container (12) has been identified;
transporting the incorrectly closed container (12) from an inspection device (30) through a discharge region (26) and the feed region (22) by the transport wheel (14) again to the closing device (28).