Unit for use in automatic container return systems

Details Unit for use in automatic container return systems Unit for use in automatic container return systems

2006-06-09

2008-12-23

Hess, Douglas A (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveying system having plural power-driven conveying sections

Including power-driven means for laterally shifting a...

C198S474100, C198S408000, C198S626500

Reexamination Certificate

active

07467705

ABSTRACT:
Unit for automated container recovery machines, such as for receiving returnable bottles and cans, includes a conveyor device for transporting the returnable containers horizontally in the direction of their longitudinal axes and for rotating the containers about their longitudinal axes. The aim is to provide an additional unit of this type. To achieve this, the conveyor device includes one or more continuous conveyer chains which are adjacent to one another and include support elements and conveyor members which are situated on the support elements. The conveyor members can be rotated about an axis that extends in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor device.

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