| TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA Patent applications |
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| 20110017851 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DESTRUCTURING OF ARTICLES - An apparatus and a method for receiving and destructuring collectable items, the apparatus having at least one item destructurer ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100290767 | APPARATUS, AN OPTICAL UNIT AND DEVICES FOR USE IN DETECTION OF OBJECTS - An apparatus for generating and viewing an image of an item ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100079755 | OPTICALLY CONTROLLED DETECTION DEVICE - A diffractive optical element device for use in spectroscopy, where broadband light is emitted from a light source towards the optical element and from there is transmitted to at least one detector. The optical element has a plurality of diffractive dispersively focusing patterns, preferably partly integrated into each other, whose respective centers are two-dimensionally offset relative to each other in order to produce a plurality of spectra, where at least two are separate, but offset relative to each other and/or partly overlapping. In an alternative embodiment, the optical element consists of either one diffractive optical element that is related to a wavelength and produces a spectrum, or at least two diffractive optical elements which are related to respective wavelengths and which produce at least two mutually partly overlapping spectra to give a composite spectrum. The optical element is capable of producing at least one indication of upper and/or lower wavelength value in the spectrum. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100026807 | SAFETY APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF FUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT HAVING MOVABLE PARTS - The invention relates to a safety apparatus for controlling operation of functional equipment having movable parts. The apparatus is configured to use a camera to view and cause detection of a safety related event in a field of view of the camera. The device is useful in a reverse vending machine (RVM) for receiving, handling, sorting and storing returnable items or objects. The RVM includes an item supporting, rotating, sorting and conveyor unit, an upwardly oriented storage chamber for such items, the safety apparatus to avoid operational hazards, a camera aided detection device for detecting at least one of a bar code on and other characteristics, e.g. contour of an item, a simplified token system, and a drive system with a releasable power coupling for operating the sorting device and a further storage device. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20090120847 | MEANS IN A REVERSE VENDING MACHINE (RVM) FOR RECEIVING, HANDLING, SORTING AND STORING RETURNABLE ITEMS OR OBJECTS - The invention relates to means in a reverse vending machine (RVM) for receiving, handling, sorting and storing returnable items or objects. The RVM includes an item supporting, rotating, sorting and conveyor unit, an upright storage chamber for such items, a safety apparatus to avoid operational hazards, a camera aided detection device for detecting at least one of a bar code on and other characteristics, e.g. contour, of an item, a simplified token system, and a drive system with a releasable power coupling for operating the sorting device and a further storage device. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090078617 | SORTER DEVICE - A device for directionally guiding articles of different shapes that are being conveyed on a conveyor off the conveyor with the aid of a movable gate ( | 03-26-2009 |
| 20080283356 | Method and System For Handling Empty Packaging - A method and a system for determining the remuneration for the return of identifiable empty packaging to a receiving point, wherein the empty packaging ( | 11-20-2008 |
