Patent ID: 8267387

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for the heating of containers ( 20 ), comprising: a heating device, a mandrel ( 4 ), the cross-section of the mandrel ( 4 ) being adjusted to the cross-section of a container to be handled ( 20 ), and which guides the containers through heating device, whereas the mandrel ( 4 ) being displaceable relative to a support ( 2 ) along a direction of movement (L) between a resting position and a working position, a spacing element ( 10 ) which is displaceable relative to the mandrel ( 4 ) in a direction of displacement (R) between at least two positions, the direction of displacement (R) and the direction of movement (L) forming an angle with one another that differs by 0°, and the spacing element ( 10 ) being constructed in such a manner that the resting position of the mandrel ( 4 ) along the direction of movement (L) is changed by a shifting of the spacing element ( 10 ).