Transport device and transport method for container treatment plant as well as blow molding machine

• US 8,926,314 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2013
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Krones AG (Krones)
• Original Assignee: Krones AG (Krones)
• Inventors: Forsthoevel, Jochen, Gmeiner, Franz
• Primary Examiner(s): Davis, Robert B
• Application Number:
  US13/760,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20130216642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 198/346.3, 198/468.6, 198/562, 198/566, 198/567, 425/534, 425/537, 425/540
• US Class Current: 425/534
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 49/4205 Handling means, e.g. transfer, loading or discharging means handling of inserts or reinforcements B29C49/20; handling of linings or labels B29C49/2408
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 49/42069 Means explicitly adapted for transporting blown article
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 49/42095 Rotating wheels or stars
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 29/00 Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones mechanical projectors B65G31/00; screw or rotary spiral conveyors B65G33/00

Abstract

A transport device and a transport method for a container treatment plant as well as a blow molding machine is provided. The transport device comprises at least one transport star for transporting receptacles to or away from a treatment station of the container treatment plant, wherein the at least one transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station.

Claims

1. A transport device for a container treatment plant, the transport device comprising:

at least one transport star for transporting receptacles to or away from a treatment station of the container treatment plant,

wherein the at least one transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station, wherein the at least one transport star comprises a first transport star for transporting receptacles to a treatment station of the container treatment plant, and a second transport star for transporting the receptacles away from the treatment station of the container treatment plant, wherein at least one of the first transport star and the second transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station; and

wherein the first and second transport stars and the treatment station are movable relative to each other.

2. The transport device according to claim 1, wherein the first transport star is rotatable around a first rotation axis and the second transport star is rotatable around a second rotation axis, and wherein the first and second transport stars are rotatable together around a third rotation axis.

3. The transport device according to claim 2, wherein the first and second rotation axes are each arranged obliquely to the third rotation axis, and/or the first rotation axis is arranged in parallel to the second rotation axis.

4. The transport device according to claim 1, wherein the first transport star is arranged adjacent to the second transport star, such that the treatment station is arrangeable at the outside of a ring in which the first and second transport stars are arranged.

5. The transport device according to claim 4, wherein the first transport star is arranged such that the first transport star can take over the receptacles at a spot in the center of the ring to transport the receptacles to the treatment station, and wherein the second transport star is arranged such that the second transport star can hand over the receptacles at a spot in the center of the ring after having transported the receptacles.

6. The transport device according to claim 1, further comprising a tubular element for supplying a treatment station of the container treatment plant with parisons, wherein one transport star of the at least one transport star, which is arranged obliquely to the treatment station, serves for transporting the receptacles away from the treatment station of the container treatment plant.

7. The transport device according to claim 1, wherein the container treatment plant is a machine selected from the group consisting of a blow molding machine, a cleaning machine, a filling machine and a labeling machine.

8. A blow molding machine for producing containers, for accommodating a product, from parisons, comprising:

a plurality of blowing stations forming together a ring and configured for shaping a container from a parison, and

a transport device comprising at least one transport star for transporting one parison each to one of the plurality of blowing stations and for transporting one container each away from one of the plurality of blowing stations, wherein said at least one transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station.

9. The blow molding machine according to claim 8, wherein the transport device comprises a first transport star and a second transport star, and wherein the plurality of blowing stations are arranged stationary compared to first and second transport stars of the transport device.

10. A transport method for a container treatment plant, the transport method comprising the step of transporting receptacles to or away from a treatment station of the container treatment plant by at least one transport star, wherein the at least one transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station, wherein the at least one transport star comprises a first transport star for transporting receptacles to a treatment station of the container treatment plant, and a second transport star for transporting the receptacles away from the treatment station of the container treatment plant,

wherein at least one of the first transport star and the second transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station;

and

wherein the first and second transport stars and the treatment station are movable relative to each other.