Patent ID: 9221613
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B65B,B65G,B67C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treating containers, said apparatus comprising an annularly closed guiding-and-carrying element, a multiplicity of container carriers, and a central drive, wherein said container carriers are connectable to form a chain, wherein each container carrier is configured for receiving a container, wherein each container carrier comprises a holding-and-centering unit, an individual drive, and a guide unit, wherein said guide unit is selected from the group consisting of a chute and a carriage, wherein said holding-and-centering element is configured for holding-and-centering an inserted container, wherein said individual drive is configured for at least one of turning and rotating said inserted container about a vertical axis thereof, wherein said guide unit is configured to endlessly circulate said container carrier on said guiding-and-carrying element, wherein a vertical axis of rotation of said holding-and-centering unit and of said individual drive are congruent with a vertical axis of said inserted container, wherein said annularly closed guiding-and-carrying element comprises straight sections and curved sections, wherein each of said holding-and-centering units is connected by connecting elements that are at least one of mounted and secured on said holding-and-centering unit in a flush manner relative to a vertical axis of rotation of said holding-and-centering unit or concentrically to said vertical axis of rotation of said holding-and-centering unit, as a result of which all endlessly circulating axes of rotation of said holding-and-centering units and containers located in said holding-and-centering units are movable at a common speed in every section of said guiding-and-carrying element.