Apparatus for transporting containers having a magnetic drive
First Claim
1. An Apparatus for transporting containers, comprising:
- a transport path; and
at least one transport element which is arranged such as to be movable relative to this transport path, wherein this transport element can be driven at least partially by a magnetic force, wherein the transport path has a plurality of magnetic elements; and
at least one magnetizable element is also arranged on the transport element, and wherein a movement of the transport element relative to the transport path can be achieved by actuating the magnetic elements of the transport path, wherein an electrically operated working element, which can be supplied inductive with electrical energy, is arranged on the transport element and the magnetic elements of the transport path also serve for the electrical supply to the working, element.
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting containers, having a circumferential transport path and at least one transport element which is arranged such as to be movable relative to this circumferential transport path, wherein this transport element can be driven at least partially by a magnetic force, wherein the transport path has a plurality of magnetic elements and at least one magnetizable element is also arranged on the transport element, and wherein a movement of the transport element relative to the transport path can be achieved by actuating the magnetic elements of the transport path. According to the invention, an electrically operated working element, which can be supplied inductive with electrical energy, is arranged on the transport element.
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14 Claims
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1. An Apparatus for transporting containers, comprising:
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a transport path; and at least one transport element which is arranged such as to be movable relative to this transport path, wherein this transport element can be driven at least partially by a magnetic force, wherein the transport path has a plurality of magnetic elements; and at least one magnetizable element is also arranged on the transport element, and wherein a movement of the transport element relative to the transport path can be achieved by actuating the magnetic elements of the transport path, wherein an electrically operated working element, which can be supplied inductive with electrical energy, is arranged on the transport element and the magnetic elements of the transport path also serve for the electrical supply to the working, element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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7. A method for transporting containers, comprising:
moving the containers by a plurality of transport elements along a transport path, wherein the transport path has a plurality of magnetic elements, and wherein the step of moving further comprises movement of the transport elements along the transport path being generated by a magnetic force, wherein at least one magnetizable element is also arranged on the transport elements, which magnetizable element serves for the movement of the transport elements along the transport path, wherein at least one working element which can be operated by electrical energy is arranged on at least one transport element, and this at least one working element is also supplied inductively with electrical energy and the magnetic elements are supplied with a movement-generating voltage by which the movement of the transport elements is brought about, and with an activator voltage which supplies the drive device with electrical energy. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An apparatus for transporting containers, comprising:
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a transport path; and at least one transport element which is arranged such as to be movable relative to this transport path, wherein this transport element can be driven at least partially by a magnetic force, wherein the transport path has a plurality of magnetic elements; and at least one magnetizable element is also arranged on the transport element, and wherein a movement of the transport element relative to the transport path can be achieved by actuating the magnetic elements of the transport path, wherein an electrically operated working element, which can be supplied inductive with electrical energy, is arranged on the transport element and the apparatus has a control device which supplies the magnetic elements with a movement-generating voltage, by which a movement of the transport elements is brought about and which supplies the magnetic elements with an activator voltage which supplies the working element with electrical energy, wherein the activator voltage has a higher frequency than the movement-generating voltage.
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