Registers – Coded record sensors – Particular sensor structure
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-08
2005-11-08
Le, Thien M. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Coded record sensors
Particular sensor structure
Reexamination Certificate
active
06962291
ABSTRACT:
A device in equipment for automatically receiving, scanning and handling containers (41) which are essentially rotationally symmetrical about their longitudinal axes, e.g. bottles or cans of any suitable type of material, the equipment being arranged in such a way that the containers are conveyed and/or rotated in a lying position, by means of a conveyor (30), through a recognizing chamber (10) past at least two detectors for scanning information on the properties of the container (41), from where the scanned information is transferred to a control unit, which decides the conveying path downstream and further handling of the container (41), the conveyor (30) being arranged in such a way that the container (41) is forced at an angle against a supporting device (40), whereby the container (41) is simultaneously carried along and rotated about its own longitudinal axis in a helical movement; the device being provided with an image processing system (60) comprising a camera which is arranged, in cooperation with backlighting from a light plate (50), to recognize the appearance of the container (41), a bar code reader (70) being arranged to scan essentially simultaneously a bar code located on the container (41), the helical motion of the container (41) being such that in one turn of the container a complete bar code will be readable to the bar code reader (70).
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Andersen Niels Erik
Guntveit Lars
Rustad Hans Ulrik
Andrus Sceales Starke & Sawall LLP
Labaze Edwyn
Repant AS
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