Patent ID: 8869497

Claim:
An apparatus for closing a container with a closure, said apparatus comprising a closing head, an internal force-supporting element, and a spring element, wherein said closing head comprises an accommodating cup for accommodating said closure, wherein said closing head further comprises a base, wherein said base further comprises a guide cylinder, wherein said closing head defines an interior volume that is inside said closing head and an exterior volume that is outside said closing head, wherein said internal force-supporting element is disposed within said interior volume that is inside said closing head, wherein said internal force-supporting element comprises a first magnet and a second magnet, wherein, during a process in which said closure is applied to said container, a first force acts upon said closing head, wherein said first force is a predetermined force from outside said closing head, wherein said first force acts in a first direction, wherein said first force causes displacement of a portion of said closing head in said first direction toward a container opening of said container along a displacement path, wherein, during said displacement along said displacement path, said internal force-supporting element generates a second force, said second force being an inner force that supports said first force, wherein said second force is generated within said interior volume of said closing head, wherein said second force acts in said first direction concurrently with said first force, and wherein said first force and said second force combine to form a compound force that compresses said spring element, wherein said spring element surrounds said internal force-supporting element.