Patent ID: 6401902
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
Collecting system for PET bottles or cans (18), preferably for beverages, comprising a feeding-in device (10) for the bottles or cans, which feeding-in device is arranged at a first location, and an automatic transport device which is arranged to automatically transport the bottles or cans from said feeding-in device (10), in a transport canal (12), to at least one of a demolition and a collecting device (14, 16) which is arranged at a second location, said second location being situated at a predetermined distance from said first location, characterised in that the transport device comprises a driving device (20), which driving device is arranged to, one at a time, push the bottles or cans forward in said transport canal (12) by the driving device (20) pushing a first bottle or can (18) a distance ahead in the transport canal, whereby this first bottle or can pushes a second bottle or can, in front of the first one, ahead in the transport canal, which second bottle or can, in its turn, pushes a third bottle or can, in front of the second one, ahead in the canal.