Patent ID: 6688839
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A system for handling bottles such as empty plastic bottles, the system comprising:a bottle source for feeding bottles; a plurality of transportable intermediate carriers; a collecting device for taking over bottles fed from said bottle source and for loading the plurality of transportable intermediate carriers with the bottles; a conveyor with a loading location adjacent to said collecting device, said conveyor for moving said intermediate carriers; a bottle treatment station for receiving bottles and treating received bottles; and a storage facility for the intermediate storage of filled and/or empty intermediate carriers, said storage facility having an input device and an output device, said conveyor extending from said loading location to a location adjacent to said input device and to a location adjacent to said output device and to a location adjacent to said bottle treatment station, said input device for receiving intermediate carriers from said conveyor into said storage facility, said output device for discharging intermediate carriers from said storage facility onto said conveyor.