Tomra Systems Asa

Jan Rype

Kristian Holmen

Jacob S&oslash;mming Rognhaug

Jacob Somming Rognhaug

Handling of liquid containers in horizontal position in the form of beverage packaging, for example, cans or or bottles of any cross-section, comprising a first and a second conveyor with respective belt, especially in connection with detection of features of the container. The belts are movable in a mutually parallel direction, and in a first, container-supporting position form an angle relative to each other, thereby forming an approximately V-shaped conveyor. The two conveyors can be moved apart to a second position thereof, thereby exposing in the space between the conveyor belts a pair of rotary rollers which have the same direction of rotation and having their axis of rotation in the direction of travel of the conveyor belts, whereby a container that is supported by the conveyor belts falls onto the pair of rollers and is rotated there in order to detect with the aid of a detector unit characteristic features of the container, for example, its contour, an identification code or the like, and means for moving the two conveyor belts from the second position back to the first position, whereby a container that is rotated on the rollers is lifted up and away from the rollers by the conveyor belts for support by the conveyor belts in said first position. The container may in said first position of the conveyors be caused either to be carried onwards to a point downstream in relation to the conveyors or be carried back to an upstream position.

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Asker, Norway

Jan Rype