Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
209522000 | Sorting bottles, ampoules, jars, drinking vessels, or like ceramic or glass containers | 15 |
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 |
20100072114 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SORTING CONTAINERS FOR RECYCLING PURPOSES - The invention relates to a device (C) for sorting containers (B) of volumes and materials liable to different, notable in that it consists of a plurality of identification stations and/or of a plurality of packaging stations, and of a plurality of container support modules each consisting of a rod on which a container is fitted via its opening, causing the bottom of the container to come to rest on the top end of the rod, said support modules moving each container between and to the various work stations. The invention also relates to a sorting method corresponding to this device. | 03-25-2010 |
20110108467 | MULTI-DIAMETER DISC ASSEMBLY FOR MATERIAL PROCESSING SCREEN - A material separation screen includes multiple shafts mounted on a frame. Multi-diameter disc assemblies are mounted on the shafts and are configured to rotate and separate out different types of materials from a material stream. The multi-diameter disc assemblies include spacer discs that separately interlock together around the shafts. Compound discs are separately attached to the shafts next to the spacer discs. The spacer discs are made from a harder material than the compound discs to reduce spacer disc wear and to reduce the amount of material needed for fabricating the multi-diameter disc assembly. | 05-12-2011 |
20140102954 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AND ORIENTING SAMPLE CONTAINERS - A system and apparatus for separating/sorting and orienting/aligning tubes and/or vials or other sample containers. | 04-17-2014 |
20150008164 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE EMPTY CONDITION OF A CONTAINER CELL OF A CONTAINER CLEANING MACHINE - A device for monitoring the empty condition of a container cell of a container cleaning machine, preferably a container cleaning machine for cleaning returnable bottles in a beverage filling plant, comprising at least one foreign body ejection device for ejecting a foreign body that is present in a container cell from said container cell, wherein a checking device for checking the integrity of the container cell is provided. | 01-08-2015 |
209523000 | Condition responsive means controls separating means | 10 |
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 |
20130015108 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING CONTAINERSAANM Krauss; UlrichAACI IlshofenAACO DEAAGP Krauss; Ulrich Ilshofen DEAANM Humpfer; SteffenAACI SatteldorfAACO DEAAGP Humpfer; Steffen Satteldorf DEAANM Woll; AxelAACI StuttgartAACO DEAAGP Woll; Axel Stuttgart DEAANM Mugele; TobiasAACI Sillenbuch/RiedenbergAACO DEAAGP Mugele; Tobias Sillenbuch/Riedenberg DE - The invention relates to a device ( | 01-17-2013 |
20140202935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTING - Method and systems for sorting are described. In one embodiment, a container is released into a pocket section, with the pocket section being at a first alignment stage. The pocket section is rotated with the container away from the first alignment stage to a second alignment stage. Attributes of the container are acquired at the second alignment stage. An order to which the container belongs is identified with the acquired attributes. The pocket section with the container is rotated to a third alignment stage. The location of the third alignment stage is selected based on the identified order. The container is received to group with one or more containers in the identified order. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 07-24-2014 |
20140311956 | GARBAGE CAN FOR DRINKS - A beverage garbage can includes an enclosure having a top opening, a compression plate movable between a disengaged position and a compression position in which it closes the opening, a piston situated facing the opening and under the compression plate, the piston being mounted to move along an axis between a low position, an ejection position, and a high position, an ejector for engaging a container resting on the piston in the ejection position, to push it sideways to cause it to drop off the piston, and controlled motor means for successively causing the compression plate to close after a container has been inserted into the opening, causing the piston to rise so as to compress the container against the plate, causing the piston to be lowered to its ejection position, and causing the container to be ejected. | 10-23-2014 |
209524000 | Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct (e.g., label, cap, etc.) thereof | 5 |
20080197055 | Removable Liners for Waste Sorting Method - Methods for using a liner in a waste sorting and disposal system are provided. The liner includes an internal space and an opening that provides access to that internal space. In some embodiments, the liner may also include a machine-readable identification key that is configured to identify a type of waste that the liner may receive. In some embodiments, the machine-readable key is optical, color-coded, alphanumeric or graphical. The liner can include one or more closure members to allow a user to securely seal the liner when it is removed from the container. In some embodiments, the liner can include a flange, lip, hook or other protrusion to secure its position relative to a container. | 08-21-2008 |
20110108468 | APPARATUS FOR, AND METHOD OF, SEPARATING CYLINDRICAL BODIES - An arrangement for separating cylindrical bodies, such as parisons for hollow bodies, which have at least one protuberance at a first end, has a pair of parallel guide elements between which the cylindrical bodies can be erected in that the cylindrical bodies hang on the guide elements in each case by way of the protuberance. The separation arrangement here has a height guide, wherein a spacing between the height guide and the cylindrical bodies, as seen in the conveying direction, decreases to a predetermined spacing in relation to the guide elements, as a result of which vertically projecting cylindrical bodies, as they are being conveyed in the conveying direction, are forced downwards by the height guide and wherein the height guide can be raised briefly by means of a lifting device in accordance with a triggering signal. | 05-12-2011 |
20110180463 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF EMPTY CONTAINERS - A device for recognizing characteristic features of an empty container having at least one flat support element on which the empty container can be placed with at least one lateral surface of said container on the contact surface of the support element, having a carrier to carry the empty container and having at least one optical sensor to optically scan the empty container, wherein the carrier is formed by the at least one support element, the at least one support element is carried rotatably about an essentially horizontal drive shaft, the empty container can be brought from an input position, in which the empty container is placed on the at least one support element, to a different location on the support arm and, after being scanned can be transferred to a downstream functional module. | 07-28-2011 |
20150048010 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTING - Method and systems for sorting are described. In one embodiment, a container is released into a pocket section, with the pocket section being at a first alignment stage. The pocket section is rotated with the container away from the first alignment stage to a second alignment stage. Attributes of the container are acquired at the second alignment stage. An order to which the container belongs is identified with the acquired attributes. The pocket section with the container is rotated to a third alignment stage. The location of the third alignment stage is selected based on the identified order. The container is received to group with one or more containers in the identified order. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 02-19-2015 |
209528000 | Detecting flaw in, or absence or misplacement of, label on item | 1 |
20090090659 | Method For Counting And Validating Articles, In Particular Pharmaceutical Articles, And An Apparatus For Actuating The Method - A method for counting and validating discrete articles to be introduced into containers, and an apparatus for actuating the method, which method includes distancing the articles from one another in a thinning-out section, and making the articles cross a detection zone such as to induce a consequent reactance variation in at least a variable reactance sensor. According to a reactance variation, an output signal of the variable reactance sensor takes on a specific waveform, the output signal being sent to an input of a processing unit. The processing unit provides in output data relating to a number of the articles which have passed through the at least a detection zone, a wholeness thereof as well as a passage of objects of a different nature from the articles into the detection zone. | 04-09-2009 |
209529000 | Sensing position, shape, or presence of closure | 1 |
20080245708 | Method and Device For Discarding Incomplete Sets of Caps - A method and a device relating to handling caps for drinking straws is provided. In particular, the method and device provide for examining caps and discarding incomplete sets of caps and/or sets of caps in which at least one cap is aligned incorrectly. | 10-09-2008 |