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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Michael Kronawitter, Beimerstetten, DE;
Stefan Angele, Moosburg, DE;
Michael Kronawitter, Beimerstetten, DE;
Stefan Angele, Moosburg, DE;
Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG, Laupheim, DE;
Abstract
A method for channeling upright containers, which are loosely queued in a row, into a transport device is performed by a rotatable separating device, which has the purpose of separating the loosely queued containers, and a stationary accumulating device for the containers downstream of the separating device. The accumulating device has a plurality of stoppers arranged in a row in the transport direction, which can be extended individually in the direction transverse to the transport direction and, in the extended state, define holding positions for the containers. The stoppers are extended one-by-one based on sensor results to sequentially fill the holding positions of the accumulating device starting from the holding position arranged farthest from the separating device.