EP0291741A3 - Device for automatic return of empty containers - Google Patents

Device for automatic return of empty containers Download PDF

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EP0291741A3
EP0291741A3 EP88106814A EP88106814A EP0291741A3 EP 0291741 A3 EP0291741 A3 EP 0291741A3 EP 88106814 A EP88106814 A EP 88106814A EP 88106814 A EP88106814 A EP 88106814A EP 0291741 A3 EP0291741 A3 EP 0291741A3
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Prior art keywords
conveying
empties
relation
sensing
conveying belts
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EP0291741B1 (en
EP0291741A2 (en
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Dieter Schmid
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ELEKTROMECHANISCHE GERAETEBAU GmbH
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LESCHA MASCHINENFABRIK GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
    • B07C5/12—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B07C5/122—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for for bottles, ampoules, jars and other glassware
    • B07C5/126—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for for bottles, ampoules, jars and other glassware by means of photo-electric sensors, e.g. according to colour

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  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
  • Attitude Control For Articles On Conveyors (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Automatic Analysis And Handling Materials Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

In the case of a device for mechanically accepting empties, more particularly bottles subject to a deposit, with a conveying device and a sensing device associated therewith, a high degree of reliability and a simple design are made possible inasfar as such conveying means comprises a conveying passage which comprises two parallel sections which are offset in relation to each other in the direction of conveying and have conveying belts placed side by side and arranged to be driven at different speeds, and an intermediate member extending obliquely in relation to the direction of motion of the conveying belts so as to bridge over a gap between the adjacent conveying belts, an outlet end part of the section with the more rapid conveying belt under it extending past the sensing means, which has a number of vertically offset sensing elements, aligned so as to be generally parallel to the plane of conveyance and adapted to sense the diameter of the empties.
EP88106814A 1987-05-12 1988-04-27 Device for automatic return of empty containers Expired - Lifetime EP0291741B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT88106814T ATE97348T1 (en) 1987-05-12 1988-04-27 DEVICE FOR THE MECHANICAL COLLECTION OF EMPTY CONTAINERS.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE3715815A DE3715815C2 (en) 1987-05-12 1987-05-12 Device for the mechanical return of empties
DE3715815 1987-05-12

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EP0291741A2 EP0291741A2 (en) 1988-11-23
EP0291741A3 true EP0291741A3 (en) 1989-11-23
EP0291741B1 EP0291741B1 (en) 1993-11-18

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EP88106814A Expired - Lifetime EP0291741B1 (en) 1987-05-12 1988-04-27 Device for automatic return of empty containers

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US (1) US4851699A (en)
EP (1) EP0291741B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE97348T1 (en)
DE (2) DE3715815C2 (en)
NO (1) NO166214C (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

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DE4214250A1 (en) * 1992-04-30 1993-11-04 Trautwein Sb Technik Gmbh EMPTY BOTTLE RECOVERY DEVICE
DE19512579A1 (en) * 1995-04-04 1996-10-24 Hecht Siegmar Dr Automated system for handling the return of empty containers such as bottles
EP1150257A1 (en) 2000-04-29 2001-10-31 Prokent AG Device for automatically collecting empty containers
DE10347565B4 (en) * 2003-10-14 2006-08-10 Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh Cleaning system for a reverse vending machine for empty containers, cleaning module and method for operating a reverse vending machine

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US3848742A (en) * 1972-01-19 1974-11-19 Emhart Zuerich Sa Glass container inspection machine
US4064534A (en) * 1976-04-20 1977-12-20 Leone International Sales Corporation System for monitoring the production of items which are initially difficult to physically inspect

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SE7511591L (en) * 1975-10-16 1977-04-17 Ab Platmanufaktur RECEIVER FOR ARTICLES LOCATED IN THE STORAGE BODY
US4253573A (en) * 1979-08-03 1981-03-03 The Mead Corporation Apparatus for handling empty beverage containers
JPS61100604A (en) * 1984-10-24 1986-05-19 Hajime Sangyo Kk Apparatus for inspecting surface
US4691231A (en) * 1985-10-01 1987-09-01 Vistech Corporation Bottle inspection system

Patent Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3848742A (en) * 1972-01-19 1974-11-19 Emhart Zuerich Sa Glass container inspection machine
US4064534A (en) * 1976-04-20 1977-12-20 Leone International Sales Corporation System for monitoring the production of items which are initially difficult to physically inspect

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NO166214C (en) 1991-06-19
EP0291741B1 (en) 1993-11-18
EP0291741A2 (en) 1988-11-23
ATE97348T1 (en) 1993-12-15
NO882072D0 (en) 1988-05-11
NO882072L (en) 1988-11-14
DE3885648D1 (en) 1993-12-23
NO166214B (en) 1991-03-11
DE3715815A1 (en) 1988-11-24
DE3715815C2 (en) 1996-02-15
US4851699A (en) 1989-07-25

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