Device and process for inspection of objects, particularly beverage bottles
AssigneeHeuft Systemtechnik GmbH
InventorBernhard Heuft
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Abstract
In order to inspect objects (10), particularly drinks bottles, these are transported on two conveyors (12, 14), which exhibit a mutual lateral separation and run at different speeds, so that the objects (10) rotate about their vertical axis. Within the distance separating the conveyors (12, 14) a bottom checking installation (30, 32) is provided. A rail (16) for guiding the objects (10) can be arranged, stretching in the direction of transport above the first, slower-running conveyor (12), in such a way that the objects (10) on the first conveyor (12) stand on the edge strip between the rail (16) and the edge of the first conveyor (12), and the width of this edge strip amounts to up to about ⅓ of the diameter of the objects.
Claims15
A device for inspecting objects having a vertical axis, the device comprising:
- a first conveyor having a horizontal conveyor surface and running at a first speed;
- a second conveyor having a horizontal conveyor surface and running at a second speed that is faster than the first speed;
- wherein the first and the second conveyors speeds cause the objects to rotate about their vertical axis and wherein the first and the second conveyors are separated by a mutual lateral separation;
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- a bottom checking means provided below the first and second conveyors to inspect the rotating objects within the separation.
A method for inspecting objects having a vertical axis comprising the following steps:
- transporting objects by a conveyor means, which features a first and second conveyor running at different speeds and having an essentially horizontal conveyor surface for conveying the objects and at the same time rotating the objects about their vertical axis, wherein the first and second conveyors are separated by a mutual lateral separation;
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- inspecting the rotating objects by a bottom checking means within the distance separating the conveyors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.