A product- or container-inlet station for an operating machine

Abstract

A product or container inlet station for an operating machine is described and includes: a conveyor for advancing products or containers along a feed direction; an inlet intended to be traversed by the products or containers advancing on the conveyor along the feed direction; and a device for controlling the inlet including: at least one barrier member, which is movable as a result of the products or containers passing through the inlet; at least one optical unit for detecting the position of the at least one barrier member; and a control unit connected to the optical unit and configured to generate an alarm signal and/or a stop signal for the operating machine, as a function of a signal coming from the optical unit.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.