Patent ID: 9242842
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B65G,B67C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A modular apparatus for the production of containers for liquid having a plurality of process units including a shaping unit for shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers, and a filling unit for tilling the plastics material containers with a liquid medium, wherein the filling unit is arranged downstream with respect to the shaping unit in a conveying direction (R) of the plastics material containers, wherein the shaping unit has a supply region for supplying the plastics material pre-forms as well as a discharge region for discharging formed plastics material containers out of the shaping unit, and wherein the tilling unit has a supply region for supplying the plastics material containers to the filling unit and a discharge region for discharging filled plastics material containers out of the filling unit, wherein at least one conveying device, which acts as an interface and which conveys the plastics material containers at least locally and in an individual manner between the shaping unit and the filling unit, is located between the discharge region of the shaping unit and the supply region of the filling unit, and wherein the conveying device comprises a self-contained conveying device, driven by a servo motor, and constructed such that at least one additional process unit for handling the plastics material containers may be inserted into the apparatus between the shaping unit and the filling unit, wherein the additional process unit is attached to the conveying device such that the flow of the plastics material containers between the shaping unit and the filling unit runs by way of the additional process unit, and wherein the conveying device is located between the shaping unit and the filling unit acts as an interface for the additional process unit.