Patent ID: 11952255
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for feeding bottles as required into a bottle treating device of a filling plant, wherein, by means of a sorter,
bottles of a first bottle type are removed from a first supply line and
at least bottles of a first further bottle type, are removed from a first further supply line,
wherein the first further bottle type differs in at least one of shape and size from the first bottle type,
wherein the sorter lines up the bottles on an infeed section in a predetermined order,
wherein the bottles are fed from the infeed section in the predetermined order to the bottle treating device,
wherein the predetermined order can be selected freely,
wherein the sorter has several movers, which are driven independently and individually,
wherein the bottle treating device is formed as a carousel device,
wherein the filling plant has a removal system for removing the bottles from the bottle treating device,
wherein a number of cycles in the bottle treating device is controlled individually for each bottle, and
wherein each mover has a gripper for at least one of removing a bottle from the supply lines and feeding the bottle into the bottle treating device.