Apparatus and method for transferring containers to a handling machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9422113
APP PUB NO 20150284190A1
SERIAL NO

14677200

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An apparatus for transferring containers to a handling machine that handles the containers cyclically in groups, comprising a conveying unit for transporting the containers in a conveying direction, wherein the conveying unit has a sliding section in which a group of containers is displaceable towards the handling machine in a sliding direction oriented transversely to the conveying direction, a sliding device for displacing the group of containers from the conveying unit to the handling machine in the sliding direction, and having a screw conveyor for setting a pitch spacing between the containers, the pitch spacing being required for handling the group of containers in the handling machine, the screw conveyor is oriented along the conveying unit, wherein the screw conveyor projects at least partially into the sliding section, and the screw conveyor has at least one gap region in which the screw conveyor has a reduced outer circumference.

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GRONINGER GMBH & CO KG91625 SCHNELLDORF

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Glock, Ralf Kressberg/Rudolfsberg, DE 3 11
Steck, Michael Gerabronn/Amlishagen, DE 1 1

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