Patent ID: 6776279
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: B65G,G07F

Abstract:
Unit for automatic container returns systems, with a conveyor device for transporting the containers in the direction of their longitudinal axis, with two rotary-driven rollers arranged along the conveyor path and which can be transferred from a neutral position into an identification position in which they release the container from engagement with the conveyor device and rotate said container, and with a sorting means for the selective, lateral removal of the container from the conveyor device according to the identification, characterised in that the two rollers (1, 2; 17, 18) act as a sorting means by way of their being transferred transverse to the conveyor path into a sorting position in which the lateral distance between one or other of the rollers (1, 2; 17, 18) and the conveyor path is so large that the container (8, 14) can drop down between the conveyor path and the respective roller (1, 2; 17, 18) displaced sideways.