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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Werner Runft, Winnenden, DE;
Iulian Maga, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Ralf Schmied, Freiberg, DE;
Guenter Liebhart, Backnang, DE;
Martin Vogt, Schorndorf, DE;
Werner Runft, Winnenden, DE;
Iulian Maga, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Ralf Schmied, Freiberg, DE;
Guenter Liebhart, Backnang, DE;
Martin Vogt, Schorndorf, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a sensor device () for a packaging machine () designed as a capsule filling and sealing machine or for a capsule control device (), said device having a positioning element () for positioning a container (c) having a longitudinal axis () and filled with a filling material in the region of the sensor device () and at least one radiation source () and at least one detector () for detecting the radiation after said radiation radiates through the container (c). According to the invention, the at least one radiation source () radiates through the container (c) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis () thereof and the positioning element is designed as a tubular or shaft-shaped conveying element () which can be penetrated by the radiation in a radiation cone () of the radiation source ().