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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Saeid Zakeri, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Mark P. Claypool, Horseheads, NY (US);
William J. Furnas, Elmira, NY (US);
Emhart Glass S.A., Cham, CH;
Abstract
A bottle reject system comprising a conveyor for carrying formed bottles, a first rejector operated at a time selected so that a defective bottle will be removed from the conveyor, a first sensor for confirming that the operation of the first rejector removed a bottle from the conveyor, and a second rejector operable at a time selected so that in the event the defective bottle was not removed from the conveyor when the first rejector operated, the defective bottle would be removed by operation of the second rejector at that time, and a control for operating the second rejector at the selected time, in the event that the first sensor fails to confirm that the operation of the first rejector removed a bottle from the conveyor.