Patent ID: 7685797
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B65C

Abstract:
1. A rotary information adding station for use in a container filling plant to add information to containers, said information adding station comprising: a moving arrangement being configured and disposed to move containers into and out of said information adding station; a rotary turntable comprising: said turntable being configured to be rotated to move containers through said information adding station; a machine frame structure being configured and disposed to support said turntable; a first module comprising a first sensor being configured and disposed to output signals representative of the actual position of a container disposed by a corresponding support, upon said corresponding support being disposed in a predetermined position with respect to said first module; an arrangement being configured and disposed: at least one second module being configured to add information to a container disposed in a desired position by a corresponding support; each of said modules comprising a module coupling structure; said machine frame structure comprising a plurality of frame coupling structures disposed on and about the periphery thereof; each module coupling structure being configured to be connectable to and to be disconnectable from each of said frame coupling structures; each of said frame coupling structures being configured and disposed to receive output signals related to said first sensor to adjust a support and the container supported thereby to a corrected desired position; and each of said modules being configured, upon connection to a frame coupling structure, to be disposed in a predetermined location about and adjacent to the periphery of said turntable to permit said modules to interact with containers upon the containers being moved past said modules by said turntable.