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Device for detecting items

US8627946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

20Claims

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Assignee

Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Guenter Baitz · Berlin, DE
Juergen Doell · Erfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2012
Grant date	Jan 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07G1/0045
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for detecting items with a transport device having two belt conveyors arranged one behind the other for transporting items in a transport direction, wherein a slot is configured between the belt conveyors perpendicular to the transport direction, and with a scanning unit for the contactless optical scanning through the slot of a contact surface of the items being transported on the transport device, where the slot is covered at least partially by a protective rail and is arranged spaced apart from the belt conveyors.

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