Device for testing and reprocessing of objects
US4795519A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1768
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A conveying device for testing and reprocessing objects (25) processed by a processing station (27), especially labelled objects (25), as for example ampoules, containers or syringes. A conveyor device conveys objects (25) to be processed in a continual, uniform motion through the processing station (27). The objects (25) are held therein in pickups (23). A feeding device (33) leads the objects individually toward the conveying device (21). A checking station (31) examines the processing result. A control stops, in case of determining an insufficiently processed, for example not labelled objects (25b), the feeding device (33) and gradually brakes the conveying device (21). The control then reverses the direction of movement of the conveying device (21) until the insufficiently processed object (21b) has reached again the processing station (27). The object is reprocessed, for example labelled, while the conveying device (21) and subsequently the feeding device (33) are engaged in the original direction of movement. Based on the uniform movement of the conveying device (21), it is possible to obtain high working cycle rates with a gentle conveyance of the objects to be processed and…
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