Plastic container that is to be filled with a hot product includes a threaded neck portion, a base portion including a standing surface and a moveable element, and a body portion including a dome portion, first and second label stop portions, a supplemental vacuum panel and a sidewall relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the body portion. During cooling, the hot product is contracted so as to create an induced vacuum. The supplemental vacuum panel is configured and operative to remove a first portion of an induced vacuum, and the moveable element is configured and operative to move from a first position to a second position to remove a second portion of the vacuum, wherein the first portion of the vacuum and the second portion of the vacuum constitute substantially the entire vacuum.

Bottling plant comprising a first transport system which moves containers through different machines, and a storage apparatus, which comprises a storage unit, a second transport system which extracts the containers from the first transport system to feed the storage unit, and a third transport system which picks up the containers in the storage unit to feed the first transport system. The first transport system comprises an upstream conveyor actuated at a first operative speed, and a downstream conveyor actuated at a second operative speed. The plant further comprises a control unit programmed with: a by-pass mode, in which it commands the conveyors with equivalent operative speeds, a storage mode, in which it commands the conveyors with the first operative speed greater than the second operative speed, and a recovery mode, in which it commands the conveyors with the first operative speed lower than the second operative speed.

An apparatus for filling containers comprises a filling station, with a plurality of filling heads which are supplied by supply ducts supplying a filling fluid and are each provided with a dispensing nozzle. The apparatus has a number of collection cups for collecting washing fluids for washing the filling heads and the supply ducts, equal to the number of said filling heads.

A hydrosol preparation system includes a conveyance unit, a distillation unit, a sterilization unit, and a filling unit. The conveyance unit is for conveying a container. The distillation unit performs distillation on a raw material to produce a crude hydrosol. The sterilization unit performs sterilization on the crude hydrosol to produce a final hydrosol. The filling unit fills the final hydrosol into the container. The preparation system integrates all procedures required by manufacturing of the hydrosol product so as to eliminate the need of transferring the semifinished hydrosol product among different production sites, thereby minimizing the risk of inclusion of impurities and maximizing safety and storability of the finished hydrosol product.

A device for transporting containers along a transport path having: a base chain with a plurality of chain links lined up in a row along the transport path and connected to one another in a correspondingly pivotable manner via chain joints, wherein the chain links are at least partly displaceable relative to one another in the direction of the transport path, so that the distance between adjacent chain joints is at least to some extent variable; a plurality of container carriers provided on at least some of the chain links and configured to receive a respective container and carry it along the transport path; a chain track configured to guide the base chain along the transport path; and a toggle lever mechanism attached to the base chain and configured to effect the displacement of the chain links relative to one another in cooperation with the chain track.

A transferring device is provided for transferring containers from a container advancing device, where they are aligned in at least one row along an advancing direction, to at least one operating unit arranged outside the line, adjacent to the container advancing device, along a transferring direction transverse to the advancing direction. The transferring device includes at least two transferring arms, movable to selectively translate along the transferring direction from the container advancing device toward the operating unit.

The present disclosure relates to a forming apparatus for forming a base of a container filled with a pourable product and closed with a closure element. In one implementation, the apparatus includes a first conveyance device advancing the container along a first path, a second conveyance device arranged below the first path and configured to advance the deformation device along a second path, an upper retainer arranged above the first path and cooperating in use with a top part of the container, and at least one deformation device arranged below the first path, advanced in use to follow the container moving along the first path, and configured to interact with the container to deform its base. The first conveyance device may include two parallel first linear conveyors arranged side by side, defining a gap between the conveyors, and having respective horizontal linear transport branches lying in a common horizontal plane.

A container-treatment machine includes a frame, transport devices for conveying containers, and intermediate conveyors. Treatment stations, some of which are treatment modules, are arranged between the first and second transport-devices. The intermediate conveyors convey containers to corresponding ones of the treatment stations. The intermediate conveyors extend transversely between the transport devices. Some of the treatment modules are held on the frame so as to be removable from operating positions thereof.

A conveyor and carriage assembly are synchronized to increase the speed of operation and eliminate any dwell periods to improve the rate at which a linear container filler is able to fill containers with a material. The fill rate approaches or exceeds that of prior art linear and rotary filling machines.

A linear filling machine for filling containers that are transported in groups along a linear conveying path has a plurality of machine sections following one another along the conveying path. The respective machine sections form an input station for receiving the containers, a handling station for treating the containers, a filling station for filling the containers, and a discharge station for delivering the containers. The machine sections are exchangeable machine modules, wherein each machine module forms an independent functional unit with a power supply unit and a media supply unit, in particular a pneumatic medium supply unit. The supply units are arranged spatially separate from one another, with the power supply unit arranged on a first side and the pneumatic medium supply unit arranged on an opposite, second side of the machine module.