Container counting apparatus

Details Container counting apparatus Container counting apparatus

1989-08-31

1991-12-10

Fuller, Benjamin R.

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377 6, G06M 700

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050720996

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for counting opaque and transparent containers has a movable conveyor which delivers such containers along a path to a discharge zone. The conveyor path is separated by dividers into adjacent lanes and such dividers are of varying height relative to the conveyor. A metering device overlies the conveyor path and is operable to preclude container stacking. A counting mechanism is associated with each of the lanes to count each container that passes the discharge zone. The counting mechanism comprises a sonic sensor having an emitter and a receiver which are angularly arranged in a plane at an angle to the path of container movement through the discharge zone, thereby avoiding linearity between adjacent sonic sensors.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3881353 (1975-05-01), Fathauer
patent: 4562339 (1985-12-01), Sjogren et al.
patent: 4590364 (1986-05-01), McDonald et al.

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