Patent ID: 9097460
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: F26B

Abstract:
1. Container drying device of the spin-dryer type for drying stacks of containers comprising: at least two booths, each booth being adapted to accommodate at least one stack of containers in a use position of said container drying device, said at least one stack of containers being loaded into said at least two booths in a loading direction, an axis of rotation about which the container drying device is rotatable, said axis of rotation extending in a direction perpendicular to the loading direction, and said axis of rotation being arranged centrally in said container drying device, and wherein said container drying device further comprises a closing device being movable between a closed position in which the closing device closes said at least two booths at least partially to retain said at least one stack of containers within each of said at least two booths during rotation of said container drying device and an open position in which said at least one stack of containers may be loaded into and/or removed from each of said at least two booths, said at least two booths being arranged eccentrically, symmetrically on opposite sides of said axis of rotation and in parallel with each other in said container drying device, and wherein the container drying device further comprises two opposite sides extending perpendicular to said loading direction, one of said two opposite sides being an entry side through which said at least two stacks of containers may be loaded into the container drying device simultaneously, and the other of said two opposite sides being an exit side through which said at least two stacks of containers may be removed from said container drying device simultaneously.