Patent ID: 8955665
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B65C,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treating containers, said apparatus comprising a container treatment machine having at least one rotor element that can be driven to rotate about a vertical machine axis and serving as or exhibiting a container support, at least one support element associated with said rotor element, said support element being also rotationally drivable about the vertical machine axis for at least one functional element interacting with the containers, wherein the rotor element and the at least one support element are configured as autonomous rotating elements that are mounted independently of one another so as to be able to rotate about the vertical machine axis, wherein the at least one support element comprises a ring-like support element that concentrically encloses the machine axis, and wherein the at least one rotor element is an annular rotor element having an annular axis that is coaxial with the machine axis.