Patent ID: 9689809
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B65B,G01M,G01N,G02B

Claim:
1. A container inspection device to inspect containers, comprising bottles or similar containers in a container filling plant, said container inspection device comprising: a sensor arrangement comprising at least two sensors being configured to sense characteristics of at least one region of a container; said at least two sensors comprising a first sensor and a second sensor; a guide arrangement being configured to guide characteristic information of the at least one region of the container along a first guide path to said first sensor, and along a separate, second guide path to said second sensor; said guide arrangement comprising at least two guide structures; each of said at least two guide structures comprising openings through which said guide paths travel; each of said at least two guide structures comprising a hollow frame that encloses an interior space; a holding structure being disposed in one of said at least two guide structures, which said holding structure comprises an insert configured to be removably inserted into the interior space of one of said at least two guide structures; a guide element being configured to guide characteristic information of at least one region of a container to both said first guide path and said second guide path; and said holding structure being configured and disposed to hold said guide element.