Device for testing and sorting bottles
US4410090A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 1981 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C5/122
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A device for detecting and sorting out bottles of improper size is suggested in a bottle treatment machine of the type including a filling and closing sections switched in series. The bottles are fed to a cleaning test device and on the way thereto are tested by a recognition device which scans the bottles of improper size and actuates a closing control arrangement adapted to activate grippers on the device of transferring bottles to the cleaning test device such that those grippers do not grip defective bottles which are then withdrawn from the bottle transferring device.
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