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Triggering light grid and method for determining the position of containers

US8867045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Piana · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE
Thorsten Gut · Neutraubling, DE
Bernhard Dunzinger · Schierling, DE
Helmut Schaffer · Unterleim, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2012
Grant date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/9036
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A triggering light grid and a method for registering the position of containers and/or for checking their alignment on a conveyance path. Due to the fact that a plurality of light barriers provided at different height levels with respect to the conveyance path and having light sources that can be activated separately of one another and a shared housing are provided, as is a triggering unit for the generation of control signals on the basis of output signals of the light barriers, different container types can be registered by reprogramming the triggering light grid without mechanical adjustment of the same.

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