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US 4,289,961 AGranted
Apparatus for scanning the markings on bottle necks
AssigneeJagenberg Werke AG
InventorWilfried Kurth
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AssigneeJagenberg Werke AG
InventorWilfried Kurth
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In an apparatus for scanning the markings on foils on the necks of the bottles in a bottle labeling machine having a photoelectric scanner including a light source and a lens for illuminating the foil on the bottle neck, a one-way mirror in the path of the light, a photosensitive receiver and a first amplifier connected thereto, the improvement wherein the photosensitive receiver comprises a pair of photoelectric elements respectively provided on the upper and lower edges of the lens, and an integrating amplifier operatively connected to each output of the pair of photoelectric receivers. The photoelectric elements are preferably photocells located either within or outside the lens in a line parallel to the bottle axis and diametrically to the lens. A selector switch may be provided to switch from the integrated output-scanning to auto-collimation.
In an apparatus for scanning the markings on foils on the necks of the bottles in a bottle labeling machine having a photoelectric scanner including a light source and a lens for illuminating the foil on the bottle neck, a beam splitter in the path of the light, a photosensitive receiver and a first amplifier having the input thereof receptive of the receiver output, the improvement wherein the photosensitive receiver comprises a pair of photoelectric elements respectively provided outside of the lens and wherein the first amplifier comprises an integrating amplifier operatively connected to each output of the pair of photoelectric elements.
An apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 5, wherein the photoelectric elements are photocells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.