Patent ID: 6971219
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, said beverage bottling plant comprising: a filling machine configured to fill empty bottles with liquid beverage filling material; said beverage filling machine comprising a plurality of beverage filling positions, each beverage filling position comprising a beverage filling device for filling bottles with liquid beverage filling material; said filling devices comprising apparatus configured to introduce a predetermined flow of liquid beverage filling material into the interior of bottles to a substantially predetermined level of liquid beverage filling material; said apparatus configured to introduce a predetermined flow of liquid beverage filling material comprising apparatus configured to terminate the filling of beverage bottles upon liquid beverage filling material reaching said substantially predetermined level in bottles; a conveyer arrangement configured and disposed to move empty bottles to said filling machine; a closing station configured to close filled bottles; a conveyer arrangement configured and disposed to transfer filled bottles from said filling machine to said closing station; a labeling station configured and disposed to label filled bottles with a label; a conveyer arrangement configured and disposed to transfer closed bottles from said closing station to said labeling station; said labeling station comprising: further comprising all of (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) wherein (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and G) comprise: (A) said heating apparatus to heat a label comprises one of (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V), wherein (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V) comprise: (B) said label grippers comprise mechanically actuatable label grippers; (C) control apparatus for controlling operation of said labeling station; (D) each of said label grippers is configured and disposed to produce a vacuum to permit removal of a label from said label storage magazine and gripping of the label; (E) said label extracting and applying apparatus comprises: (F) an arrangement within said grippers configured and disposed to heat said label grippers; and (G) said curved circular outer surface of each of said pie-piece-shaped label grippers being about one quarter of a circle.