Patent ID: 11912557
Assignee: KHS GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. An apparatus comprising a container-handling machine that comprises a rotor that rotates around a machine axis, an inlet transporter that brings containers to said rotor, an outlet transporter that takes containers from said rotor, and a container-handling section that extends along a handling direction along which said containers move after having been taken from said rotor, wherein said rotor comprises handling positions and a transport element, wherein said transport element comprises pockets along a circumference thereof, wherein each of said pockets comprises a flank that forms a first abutment surface that abuts a container during motion thereof, wherein said container-handling machine further comprises a finger that is assigned to said pocket, and wherein said finger forms a second abutment surface that adjoins said first abutment surface and that extends in a radial direction away from said machine axis, wherein said wherein said second abutment surface comprises a first section and a second section, wherein said first section is concave and said second section is convex, whereby said second abutment surface imparts an acceleration that changes sign as said container moves between said first section and said second section, and wherein said second section is distal to said first section and said second section is configured as a polynomial of order greater than or equal to two.