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US 10,591,421 B1Granted
Beverage bottle handling device for handling beverage bottles and similar containers in a beverage bottling or container filling plant
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorsJürgen-Peter Herrmann, Marius Michael Herrmann, Wolfgang Schorn, Xiang Zhang
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Abstract
A beverage bottle checking arrangement is designed to check beverage bottles in a beverage bottle handling arrangement. The beverage bottle checking arrangement includes a single framework and checking devices mounted on the framework, which checking devices are designed to essentially simultaneously check characteristics of beverage bottles being moved through or past the framework.
Claims16
A beverage bottle handling arrangement comprising:
- a beverage bottle inlet configured to feed beverage bottles into the beverage bottle handling arrangement;
- said beverage bottle inlet comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement;
- at least one beverage bottle handling machine comprising a beverage bottle filling machine, a beverage bottle closing machine, and/or a beverage bottle labeling machine configured to fill, close, and/or label beverage bottles;
- said beverage bottle handling machine comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement;
- a beverage bottle checking arrangement being configured to check beverage bottles;
- said beverage bottle checking arrangement comprising a single framework and at least four checking devices mounted on said framework, which said at least four checking devices are configured to essentially simultaneously check at least four characteristics of beverage bottles;
- said beverage bottle checking arrangement comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement;
- said transport device of said beverage bottle checking arrangement being configured and disposed to transport beverage bottles through or past said framework of said beverage bottle checking arrangement;
- a beverage bottle outlet configured to feed beverage bottles out of the beverage bottle handling arrangement;
- and
- said beverage bottle outlet comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement.
20 more elements
A beverage bottle handling arrangement comprising:
- a beverage bottle inlet configured to feed beverage bottles into the beverage bottle handling arrangement;
- said beverage bottle inlet comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement;
- at least one beverage bottle handling machine comprising a beverage bottle filling machine, a beverage bottle closing machine, and/or a beverage bottle labeling machine configured to fill, close, and/or label beverage bottles;
- said beverage bottle handling machine comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement;
- a beverage bottle checking arrangement being configured to check beverage bottles;
- said beverage bottle checking arrangement comprising a single framework and at least three checking devices mounted on said framework, which said at least three checking devices are configured to essentially simultaneously check at least three characteristics of beverage bottles;
- said beverage bottle checking arrangement comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement;
- said transport device of said beverage bottle checking arrangement being configured and disposed to transport beverage bottles through or past said framework of said beverage bottle checking arrangement;
- a beverage bottle outlet configured to feed beverage bottles out of the beverage bottle handling arrangement;
- and
- said beverage bottle outlet comprising a transport device comprising at least one of:
- a rotatable carousel configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles on the perimeter thereof, and configured to move beverage bottles by rotating movement;
- and
- a linear conveyor belt configured and disposed to hold beverage bottles thereon, and configured to move beverage bottles by linear movement.
20 more elements
A beverage bottle checking arrangement being configured to check beverage bottles in a beverage bottle handling arrangement, which beverage bottle handling arrangement comprises a beverage bottle inlet configured to feed beverage bottles into the beverage bottle handling arrangement;
- at least one beverage bottle handling machine comprising a beverage bottle filling machine, a beverage bottle closing machine, and/or a beverage bottle labeling machine configured to fill, close, and/or label beverage bottles;
- and a beverage bottle outlet configured to feed beverage bottles out of the beverage bottle handling arrangement;
- wherein:
- said beverage bottle checking arrangement comprising a single framework and at least three checking devices mounted on said framework, which said at least three checking devices are configured to essentially simultaneously check at least three characteristics of beverage bottles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.