Patent ID: 11939200
Assignee: KRONES AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for treating containers, having at least one transport device for transporting the containers, having a handling device for transferring a predefined number of containers from the transport device in a transfer area and for discharging these containers to the transport device or a further transport device in a discharge area, having at least one further handling device for transferring a predefined number of containers from the transport device in a further transfer area and for discharging these containers to the transport device or a further transport device in a further discharge area, wherein the handling devices each have a movable carrier with which the removed containers can be moved along a transport path, and wherein at least one treatment station is associated with each of the handling devices, wherein
the transport speed of the handling devices can be controlled in such a way that the transport speed of the handling devices can be synchronised with the transport speed of the transport device and/or the further transport device during transfer and/or discharge of the containers and the transport speed of the handling device can be reduced after the transfer of the containers, and wherein each treatment station is arranged stationary and is located downstream of the transfer area and/or upstream of the discharge area in relation to the transport path of the container, which as a result containers in the transfer area are first transferred to a handling device, fed to a downstream treatment station and, after treatment in the discharge area, discharged from the handling device.