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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2021
Suntory Holdings Limited, Osaka, JP;
Tatsutoshi Higo, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Furukawa, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Matsuzaki, Ayase, JP;
Yohei Shirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a production system, containers have hollow main bodieshaving openings at their top parts and capsfor closing the openings. The production systemincludes a conveyor line L for conveying the containers, a capperfor attaching the capsto the main bodiesof the containerson the conveyor line L, a reading apparatusconfigured to read first information attached to top surfaces of the capsof the containersfor identifying the containerson the conveyor line L at one or more predetermined points after the capper, and a memory apparatusconfigured to store linked together the first information of the containers, second information attached to the main bodiesof the containersfor identifying the main bodies, and times at which the containerspassed the one or more predetermined points.