Device and method for continuously inspecting containers
First Claim
1. An inspection device for continuously inspecting fed containers, in particular bottles, comprising:
- a feed conveying device configured to feed containers to the inspection device in succession,a discharge conveying device configured to discharge the inspected containers,a throughput station for the containers, which is arranged between the feed conveying device and the discharge conveying device, anda bottom inspection station in an area of the throughput station, said bottom inspection station being configured to inspect bottoms of passing containers,wherein the throughput station comprises a conveyor arrangement with an individual drive and a plurality of conveying units, which are movable by means of the individual drive individually and independently of one another, the conveyor arrangement being configured to convey the containers from the feed conveying device to the discharge conveying device,wherein the individual drive is a linear motor drive,wherein the plurality of conveying units are configured as carriages, which are movable individually and independently of one another via magnetic interaction with the linear motor drive, andwherein the conveyor arrangement additionally comprises an open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit, which is configured to move the conveying units from a pick-up site for the containers at the feed conveying device to a discharge site for the containers at the discharge conveying device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an inspection device for continuously inspecting supplied containers, in particular bottles, comprising a feed conveying apparatus, which may be embodied to supply containers to the inspection device in succession, and which may include one or more of at least one inspection apparatus, which is embodied to inspect the supplied containers, a discharge conveying apparatus, which is embodied to discharge the inspected containers, and a throughput station for the containers, arranged between the feed conveying apparatus and the discharge conveying apparatus, wherein the throughput station has a transportation apparatus with an individual drive and a plurality of conveying means movable by means of the individual drive in an individual manner and independently from one another, said transportation apparatus being embodied to convey the containers from the feed conveying apparatus to the discharge conveying apparatus.
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15 Claims
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1. An inspection device for continuously inspecting fed containers, in particular bottles, comprising:
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a feed conveying device configured to feed containers to the inspection device in succession, a discharge conveying device configured to discharge the inspected containers, a throughput station for the containers, which is arranged between the feed conveying device and the discharge conveying device, and a bottom inspection station in an area of the throughput station, said bottom inspection station being configured to inspect bottoms of passing containers, wherein the throughput station comprises a conveyor arrangement with an individual drive and a plurality of conveying units, which are movable by means of the individual drive individually and independently of one another, the conveyor arrangement being configured to convey the containers from the feed conveying device to the discharge conveying device, wherein the individual drive is a linear motor drive, wherein the plurality of conveying units are configured as carriages, which are movable individually and independently of one another via magnetic interaction with the linear motor drive, and wherein the conveyor arrangement additionally comprises an open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit, which is configured to move the conveying units from a pick-up site for the containers at the feed conveying device to a discharge site for the containers at the discharge conveying device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of continuously inspecting containers, in particular bottles, comprising the following steps:
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successively feeding containers to a throughput station of an inspection device, conveying the fed containers in the throughput station, inspecting a bottom section of the fed containers in the throughput station, and discharging the inspected containers, wherein the fed containers are conveyed in the throughput station by means of a conveyor arrangement comprising an individual drive and a plurality of conveying units movable individually and independently of one another by means of the individual drive, wherein the individual drive is a linear motor drive, and wherein the conveying units are configured as carriages, which are movable in a controlled manner through magnetic interaction with the linear motor drive. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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