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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Manfred Ziegler, Passau, DE;
Inventor:
Manfred Ziegler, Passau, DE;
Assignee:
Krones AG, Neutraubling, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/40 (2006.01); B29C 49/78 (2006.01); B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B67C 3/00 (2006.01); B67B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C 9/40 (2013.01); B29C 49/78 (2013.01); B29C 49/42 (2013.01); B67C 3/007 (2013.01); B67B 3/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for the treatment of containers may include a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path and a size part which is arranged in an interchangeable manner on the apparatus. The size part may include a first identification element based upon RFID technology in order to identify the size part. The size part may in turn include a position detection device which detects a position of at least one element of the apparatus with respect to the size part and emits a signal characteristic of this position.