TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND TRANSPORTING METHOD FOR CONTAINER-HANDLING INSTALLATION, AND CONTAINER-HANDLING INSTALLATION WITH SUCH A TRANSPORTING APPARATUS
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Abstract
The invention provides a transporting apparatus, a container-handling installation (19) with such a transporting apparatus, and a transporting method. The transporting apparatus (30) serves for transporting containers (2) in a container-handling installation (1), which has a first container-handling arrangement (10), for handling containers (2), and a second container-handling arrangement (20), which is arranged downstream of the first handling arrangement (10) and serves for handling the containers (2) once they have been handled by the first container-handling arrangement (10). The transporting apparatus comprises a transporting path (31), which has its entire length arranged between the first and second container-handling arrangement (10, 20) and along which the containers (2) can be transported from the first container-handling arrangement (10) to the second container-handling arrangement (20), and at least one transporting element (33), which is mounted in a movable manner on the transporting path (31) and is intended for retaining and transporting a container (2), wherein preferably the transporting path (31) and the at least one transporting element (33) are configured such that the at least one transporting element (33), en route between the first and second container-handling arrangements (10, 20), compensate for a difference in speeds of transportation of the containers (2) in the first and second container-handling arrangements (10, 20).
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14. A transport unit for transporting containers in a container treatment system, having a first container treatment apparatus for treating containers and a second container treatment apparatus disposed downstream of the first treatment apparatus, the second container treatment apparatus being used for treating the containers following a treatment by the first container treatment apparatus, the transport unit comprising:
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a transport path which is arranged over its entire length between the first and second container treatment apparatus and along which the containers can be transported from the first container treatment apparatus to the second container treatment apparatus; and at least one transport member movably mounted on the transport path for holding and transporting a container, wherein the transport path and the at least one transport member are structured and arranged such that the at least one transport member is capable, at least at times, of compensating on its path between the first and second container treatment apparatus a difference in transport speed of the containers in the first and second container treatment apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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27. A transport method for transporting containers in a container treatment system having a first container treatment apparatus for treating containers and a second container treatment apparatus that is disposed downstream of the first treatment apparatus and is used for treating the containers following a treatment by the first container treatment apparatus, the method comprising:
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transporting the containers along a transport path arranged over its entire length between the first and second container treatment apparatus from the first container treatment apparatus to the second container treatment apparatus by means of at least one transport member that is supported so as to be movable along the transport path and that can hold a container; and compensating a difference in transport speed of the containers in the first container treatment apparatus and the second container treatment apparatus on the path of the at least one transport member between the first and second container treatment apparatus.
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