US Patent Issued to KRONES on March 24 for "Closing apparatus for closing a container with a container closure and method for monitoring a closing apparatus" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,723, issued on March 24, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).

"Closing apparatus for closing a container with a container closure and method for monitoring a closing apparatus" was invented by Maximilian Landstorfer (Neutraubling, Germany) and Markus Schoenfelder (Neutraubling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closing apparatus for closing a container with a container closure, for example for closing a container with a screw cap in a beverage filling plant, includes a gripping mechanism for gripping the container closure with at least one gripping arm pivotable about a bearing, an actuating unit for actuating t...