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Abstract

A rotary closing machine for closing bottles with mouth lips by closures such as closure caps, corks and the like, which includes a supply container for receiving and supplying closures of the just mentioned type, and also includes a conveying device for feeding the content of the supply container to closing units having closing elements which are adapted to be lifted and lowered in the process of closing the bottles by the closure caps or the like closures. For pressing the closures, e.g. closure caps, against the respective bottle mouths and permanently deforming the closures on the bottle mouth, each closing unit has a deforming member and a holding down member extending through the deforming member; these two members are movable relative to each other. The device furthermore comprises a rotatable element associated with the conveying device for transferring the closures from the conveying device to a holding device at the lower end of the holding down member. There is furthermore provided a centering member common to the respective closure and the respective bottle mouth. This centering member is arranged coaxially with and below the deforming member and has a lower end surface which during the closure transfer is located in, or in the region of, the plane of the lower end of the holding down member.

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