Patent ID: 11912553
Assignee: KRONES AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A closure member for closing a container with a container closure, comprising:
a rotatable closure carousel having a container receiving member configured to receive the container; and
an apparatus arranged on the rotatable closure carousel in a manner associated with the container receiving member, wherein the apparatus comprises:
a lifting unit configured to be displaced in a longitudinal direction and comprising a guide unit configured to predetermine a position of the lifting unit in the longitudinal direction;
a closure receiving member that is connected to the lifting unit via a pretensioning device, wherein the closure receiving member is configured to retain the container closure and to apply the container closure to a container opening of the container, which is to be closed with a head pressure that is predetermined by the pretensioning device, and the pretensioning device comprises an adjustment wheel configured to adjust the predetermined head pressure and an adjustment element displaceable in the longitudinal direction relative to the lifting unit; and
an adjustment apparatus configured to automatically adjust the predetermined head pressure.