Patents Assigned to KRONES
  • Filling system for filling a container with a filling product
    Patent number: 11078065
    Abstract: A filling system for filling a container with a filling product includes a filling device for filling the container with the filling product, and a deflection device having an electrostatic field for deflecting the filling product relative to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Josef Doblinger, Stefan Poeschl, Tobias Bock, Matthias Stubenhofer
  • Method for shaping plastic preforms, comprising a sterile chamber
    Patent number: 11072106
    Abstract: An apparatus for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers is disclosed. Said apparatus comprises a conveying device on which a plurality of blowing stations are arranged. Each of said blowing stations encompasses a blow mold, within which a plastic preform can be shaped into a plastic container. The apparatus further comprises a clean chamber, within which the plastic preforms can be conveyed. According to the invention, the zone of the conveying device in which the blowing stations are arranged is located in the clean chamber, and at least one additional zone of the conveying device is located outside the clean chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Oliver Martini, Michael Dahmen, Patrick Engelhard
  • CABLE FIXING DEVICE FOR CONTAINER HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING A MINIMUM BENDING RADIUS FOR A CONNECTING CABLE OF A CONTAINER HANDLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210226428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable fixing device for a container handling system and to a method for setting a minimum bending radius for a connecting cable of a container handling system. The cable fixing device comprises a main body, a cable guide which is arranged around a part of the main body, and a cover for covering an end of the cable guide in such a way that a connecting cable, which is pre-assembled with plug-in devices at both ends, can be introduced between the cover and the cable guide. The cable guide is configured at its other end for fixing of the connecting cable in such a way that a looping angle of the cable fixing device and connecting cable can be set variably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Krones AG
    Inventors: Joerg TRIEBEL, Reinhard ORTNER, Robert SCHEIBENPFLUG
  • Method and device for forming container groupings
    Patent number: 11066199
    Abstract: Provided is a method for packaging piece good groupings, in which a plurality of piece goods, particularly containers, are at least partially interconnected by a first connector, wherein at least two-piece goods of this plurality are directly interconnected by the connector. According to the embodiment, this plurality of piece goods connected by the connector is packaged with a second connector in the form of a second wrapping element, and said plurality of piece goods connected by a first connector is conveyed by a conveyor device to a packaging device and enclosed, particularly wrapped, with the second wrapping element by said packaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kirzinger, Christian Hastreiter, Manuel Kollmuss, Richard Eschlbeck, Heiner Schaefer, Andreas Fritsch, Juergen Werner, Thomas Wimmer, Herbert Spindler, Christian Napravnik
  • Device for supplying containers to a container handling device and filling system
    Patent number: 11059679
    Abstract: A device for supplying containers to a container handling device, for example to a container filling device for filling containers with a liquid filling product, includes a guide which is arranged at a predetermined guide height level for guiding a container on the container base thereof. The guide has a transfer portion for transferring the container to a receiving device of the container handling device, and the transfer portion is height-adjustable. A filling system including such a device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Bruno Landler, Manfred Schmid
  • Method and apparatus for handling piece goods moved one after the other in at least one row
    Patent number: 11053082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for handling piece goods (2) moved one after another being transported to a seizing range (4) of at least one manipulator (5). Hereby at least two transported piece goods (2) are seized, spatially separated from the closed formation (F) and brought into a specified relative first target position (P1) and/or target alignment in relation to the subsequent piece goods (2). There at least one of the piece goods (2) is released. The at least one second piece good (2) seized from the formation (F) is seized again and is brought into a specified relative second target position and/or target alignment that is spaced apart from the first target position (P1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Winzinger, Johannes Kirzinger, Manuel Kollmuss
  • Slip ring transmitter for rotary-table machines
    Patent number: 11056849
    Abstract: A slip ring transmitter for electrically connecting assemblies of rotary-table machines is described and comprises a slip ring with a signal unit for transmitting signals and/or data and with a power unit for transmitting electrical power. As the signal unit is formed such that it is modularly detachable can in particular be axially drawn off from the power unit, the signal unit can be inspected and/or replaced separately from the power unit. This improves the reliability of the transmission of signals and/or data and enables individual optimization of the power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Robert Sixt, Rohit Kumar
  • Device for sorting out containers which were applied an incorrect print by a direct printing machine
    Patent number: 11045841
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for sorting out containers which were applied an incorrect print by a direct printing machine. The device comprises a transport device for transporting pucks, which are adapted to transport containers, along a transport path away from the direct printing machine, where the transport path comprises at least a primary transport path and a secondary transport path, an inspection device for inspecting the print on the containers, a decoupling device, in particular comprising a pusher system or a slider system, for decoupling pucks from the primary transport path to the secondary transport path, and a control device adapted to control the decoupling device such that pucks with containers, for which the inspection device has detected an incorrect print, are decoupled to the secondary transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Veronika Bauer, Franz Weigl
  • Apparatus and method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with coupling device
    Patent number: 11045994
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for deforming plastics parisons to form plastics containers, having a blow-molding device which is arranged at least indirectly on a main shaft which is pivotable about a pivot axis, which blow molding device has at least two mold supports, a base element and two blow mold parts, wherein the base element and the blow mold parts are suitable for forming a cavity within which the plastics parisons are deformable to form the plastic containers, and the base element is arranged on a base receptacle, and having a coupling device which couples an opening movement of the blow mold parts to a raising and lowering movement of the base part relative to the blow mold parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Thomas Höellriegl
  • Filling device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product in a filling product filling plant
    Patent number: 11040861
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product in a filling product filling plant, comprising at least one filling valve for dosing the filling product into the container that is to be filled, as well as a sterilization device for sterilizing at least a portion of the at least one filling valve, wherein a contactless temperature sensor is provided for contactlessly measuring the temperature of the filling valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Baumgartner, Juergen Soellner, Thomas Weber, Thomas Knitl, Bernd Schafaczek
  • Apparatus and method for handling moving piece goods, and a conveying, processing and/or packaging plant with an apparatus for handling moving piece goods
    Patent number: 11034534
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) and method for handling moved piece goods (2), and a conveying, processing, and/or packaging plant including the apparatus (10). The apparatus (10) comprises at least one manipulator (5) for piece goods (2), at least one transport device (3) by which the moved piece goods (2) are transportable to a seizing range (4) of the at least one manipulator (5), and at least one movable optical detection device (40) assigned to the seizing range (4) and/or to a movement range of the at least one manipulator (5). The optical detection device (40) obtains space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data of at least one piece good (2) that is being moved. The at least one manipulator (5) and/or further conveyor components of the apparatus (10) can be calibrated and/or controlled based on the detected space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erhard Beer, Arsalan Mehdi, Michael Astner, Manuel Kollmuss
  • Blow molding machine comprising a temperature regulating device
    Patent number: 11034076
    Abstract: Provided is a machine and method for reshaping plastic parisons into plastic containers, with a mold which has a cavity for the plastic parison to be reshaped, wherein this mold has at least two blow mold parts, wherein each of these blow mold parts has an inner wall which is suitable for forming a region of the plastic parison to be reshaped, wherein these blow mold parts are mounted movably with respect to one another between an open position, in which the blow mold parts are at least partially separated from one another, and a closed position, in which the blow mold parts abut one another, in order together to form the cavity for reshaping the plastic parisons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Klaus Voth, Armin Buess, Simon Moewes, Konrad Senn, Andreas Brunner, Thomas Hoellriegl
  • Method for operating an assembly for processing liquid food products
    Patent number: 11029667
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating an assembly for processing liquid food products, where the operation of the assembly comprises automatically executable steps and steps to be executed manually for various elements of the assembly, where machine readable pieces of information are applied to at least one of the various elements the machine-readable pieces of information identifying the respective element, where the steps to be executed manually are in a processing unit each associated with an execution status which is set to “executed” under the condition that the machine-readable pieces of information are read out at at least one predetermined element by way of a mobile terminal, and where a control device controls the automatically executable steps taking into account the execution status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Felix Wildsfeuer
  • Method for sterilizing a blow molding machine, and blow molding machine
    Patent number: 11014283
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a device for shaping plastic preforms to form plastic containers, wherein the device has a movable support on which a plurality of shaping stations for shaping plastic preforms to form plastic containers are arranged, and these shaping stations each have blow molds that are suitable for and intended for molding the plastic preforms and are arranged at least indirectly on blow mold supports. The blow molds are kept at least temporarily in a magazine device, wherein this magazine device is suitable for and intended for receiving several sets of blow molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hack, Florian Geltinger, Jochen Hirdina
  • Device and method for filling a container with a sterilised filling product
    Patent number: 11014799
    Abstract: A device for filling a container with a sterilized filling product, preferably for filling a beverage container with a sterilized beverage in a beverage bottling installation, comprising a sterilization device for sterilizing the filling product, a sterile tank for buffered receiving of the filling product sterilized in the sterilization device, and a filling device which has a filling valve for the filling of the container to be filled, wherein the filling valve is a proportional valve for controlling and/or regulating the filling-product flow of the filling product into the container to be filled, and the proportional valve is connected in a buffer-free manner to the sterile tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Holger Mueller, Juergen Soellner, Sebastian Baumgartner, Josef Doblinger
  • Apparatus and method for controlling direct printing machines
    Patent number: 11014376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for printing objects, in particular containers, wherein the containers are transported along a specified transport path, and the outer surface of the containers is printed at least temporarily by means of at least one printing unit, wherein a controller controls the printing of the containers by means of the at least one printing unit on the basis of at least one printing parameter. According to the invention, at least one object to be printed is printed with at least one test marking in order to ascertain the printing parameter, and the object provided with the test marking is then inspected by means of at least one inspection device, wherein the printing parameter is derived from the result of the inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Andreas Sonnauer, Florian Lauterbach, Peter Lindner
  • Degassing system and method of executing a degassing process of a liquid and beverage treatment machine
    Patent number: 11014023
    Abstract: A degassing system includes a degassing tank with a first space area configured for having liquid introduced therein and a second space area configured for having the liquid from the first space area introduced therein. The first and the second space area are partially separated from one another by a separation element. The degassing system includes a controllable pump configured to pump liquid from the first space area to the second space area for a two-stage vacuum degassing process responsive to the pump being operated. The degassing system includes a control device configured to control the pump to not be operated for a single-stage vacuum degassing process and to be operated for a two-stage vacuum degassing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Johanna Justl
  • Filling line for heat-treating and filling a liquid into containers
    Patent number: 11000052
    Abstract: Filling line for heat-treating and filling a liquid into containers (e.g., bottles), comprising a pre-heater for pre-heating the liquid, a heater for heating the liquid after pre-heating, a cooler for cooling down the liquid after heating, and a filling unit for filling the liquid into the containers, where the filling line is suitable for hot filling and cold filling, where the liquid path from the pre-heater to the filling unit for hot filling differs from the liquid path from the pre-heater to the filling unit for cold filling, and the filling line comprises a switching option for switching between the two liquid paths; and a method for heat-treating and filling containers with a liquid in which such a filling line is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Torsten Runge, Katja Enzmann, Roland Amann, Roland Feilner, Pascal Luthe-Grundler
  • Device for filling a container with a filling product
    Patent number: 10994977
    Abstract: A device for filling a container with a filling product, preferably for filling a beverage container in a beverage filling plant, comprising a filling product reservoir for accommodating the filling product to be filled and a first fill level probe for determining the filling product level in the filling product reservoir during a filling mode, wherein a second fill level probe is provided for determining a cleaning fluid level in the filling product reservoir during a cleaning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Manfred Ziegler
  • Format part for deflecting containers
    Patent number: 10988317
    Abstract: A format part for deflecting containers, comprising a toggle lever which comprises a toggle joint and two ankle joints, wherein the format part comprises a railing fastened to the toggle joint of the toggle lever, wherein the ankle joints are displaceable in one plane, which is parallel to the running direction of the railing, and wherein the railing is displaceable parallel to said plane by the displacement of the ankle joints, wherein the format part is adaptable for different container formats by the displacement of the railing, accumulating conveyor comprising such a format part, and method for adjusting such a format part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Helmut Schuesslburner, Konrad Senn