Triggering light grid and method for determining the position of containers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8867045
APP PUB NO 20130083330A1
SERIAL NO

13630949

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A triggering light grid and a method for registering the position of containers and/or for checking their alignment on a conveyance path. Due to the fact that a plurality of light barriers provided at different height levels with respect to the conveyance path and having light sources that can be activated separately of one another and a shared housing are provided, as is a triggering unit for the generation of control signals on the basis of output signals of the light barriers, different container types can be registered by reprogramming the triggering light grid without mechanical adjustment of the same.

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  • KRONES AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dunzinger, Bernhard Unterdegganbach, DE 3 29
Gut, Thorsten Neutraubling, DE 8 27
Piana, Stefan Köfering, DE 25 95
Schäffer, Helmut Wenzenbach, DE 1 13

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