Patent ID: 6393800
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B67B,B67C

Abstract:
An apparatus to seal beverage containers (4) by means of sealing caps (5), comprising a transfer unit (8, 28, 38, 48, 58) to transfer caps from a single-track cap-conveyer (10) to the containers, wherein the containers (4) are moved by a container conveyor in several tracks in parallel-rows and wherein the transfer unit (8, 28, 38, 48, 58) is configured to accept a number of caps (5) at the cap conveyor (10) that is required to supply a row of containers, and wherein the transfer unit moves the caps into target positions above individual containers (4) of the row of containers by means of cap carriers (21, 36, 56), said cap carriers gripping said caps from above at the target positions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5) and depositing the caps on the containers (4).