Patent ID: 6098381
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B65C

Abstract:
A machine for handling containers comprising in combination, a heat source to shrink a wrapping material onto a container contour, and wherein a heat transfer from the heat source onto the wrapping material and the container can be interrupted between said heat source and the containers by means of a controlled heat shielding;said heat source being formed as a hot air blower and said heat shielding being in a form of air flow generated from a blower device, whereby a curtain of air can be generated between the container and said hot air blower by means of said blower device;a container conveyor on which said hot air blower is arranged, whereby said blower device is arranged along a length of said container conveyor and extends laterally parallel next to it, above a container area that bears the wrapping material, and between the hot air blower and the container;said container conveyor being constructed as a carousel, on the radial outer side of which at least one said hot air blower is located, and which is surrounded by a concentrically curved and aligned pipe, advantageously from a container inflow to a container outflow of said carousel.