EP1652776A1 - Bouteille, en particulier bouteille de consigne pour boissons - Google Patents

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EP1652776A1
EP1652776A1 EP05017570A EP05017570A EP1652776A1 EP 1652776 A1 EP1652776 A1 EP 1652776A1 EP 05017570 A EP05017570 A EP 05017570A EP 05017570 A EP05017570 A EP 05017570A EP 1652776 A1 EP1652776 A1 EP 1652776A1
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Thomas Nösner
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
    • B07C5/12—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B07C5/122—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for for bottles, ampoules, jars and other glassware
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators

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  • the invention relates to a bottle, in particular a reusable beverage with a bottle neck, a bottleneck, which connects to the bottle belly, and a muzzle acorn, which adjoins the bottle neck, wherein the bottle has at least one feature for detecting the bottle type (recognition feature).
  • the beer produced in Germany is, in particular after the introduction of the one-way deposit, largely filled in reusable returnable bottles.
  • the standardized 0.33 I-Lux bottles or the 0.5 NRW bottles were widely used. Bottles of this type were used by breweries throughout the Federal Republic for bottling beer.
  • the evacuated by the consumer returnable bottles are u. a. delivered via the beverage trade back to the various breweries.
  • the return delivery takes place in crates.
  • the used bottles are then cleaned and checked in the brewery and then refilled with beer.
  • the identification of the bottle type could be done while the bottles are in a bottle crate.
  • cameras and ultrasonic sensors were arranged vertically above the bottle crate, which could determine the closure type, the color and the height of the bottle from this perspective.
  • bottle types have been introduced by various breweries, which, while conforming to the outer shape of the bottle type of another brewery, but carry an individual pointing to the brewery feature (for example, a lettering or an emblem).
  • These bottles can not be identified by the conventional characteristics (color of the glass, height of the bottle and closure type).
  • the problem in particular is that the individual features are usually arranged on the bottle belly or on a shoulder region between the bottle belly and the neck of the bottle. To identify these bottles, these bottles must currently be removed from the bottle crate and examined for the brewery's individual characteristics. Even if you could automate this identification step, it would be very expensive, since the bottle must be removed from the bottle crate.
  • the invention has for its object to propose a bottle whose type is also recognizable when the bottle belly and the shoulder area of the bottle are covered. Furthermore, the invention has for its object to propose a method by which the type of such a bottle can be detected.
  • the recognition feature is arranged on the muzzle acorn or in an area adjacent to the muzzle of the neck of the neck of the bottle neck and that the recognition feature is uniformly formed circumferentially or with a circumferential uniform pattern.
  • the muzzle sickle or the area of the bottle neck immediately adjacent to the muzzle sickle can also be recognized in bottles which are arranged in a box or are transported on a conveyor line or fed to a recognition machine in which guide elements laterally cover the bottle belly or the shoulder area of the bottle neck.
  • the muzzle sickle or the region of the bottleneck adjoining the muzzle sickle can be recognized obliquely from above, for example, at an elevation angle of approximately between -5 ° and 40 °.
  • the image pickup means are arranged laterally above relative to the bottle to take a picture of the muzzle acorn or of the bottleneck.
  • the recorded image can then be evaluated in an evaluation means, the image of the wrong being compared with one in a stored pattern for recognizing the type of bottle.
  • a bottle according to the invention may comprise one or more beads as a distinguishing feature. It is likewise possible for one or more peripheral recesses or elevations to be provided as identification feature.
  • the bottles can be designed so that the identification feature is attached exclusively to the muzzle acorn or only in the area of the neck adjacent to the muzzle acorn.
  • a bottle according to the invention can also have an encircling and uniform pattern, for example of depressions and elevations. These can be arranged in the area of the muzzle acorn or in the area of the neck of the bottle which adjoins the muzzle sickle.
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 have a muzzle sickle which has a bead for fastening a crown cap at its upper end.
  • This bead is the same in all bottles, including bottles, which are known from the prior art and can be closed with a crown cap.
  • Below the neck acorn 2 the bottleneck 1 connects.
  • a recognition feature is provided on the bottle necks 1 in each case. This distinguishing feature is formed by two beads 3, which rotate around the bottleneck.
  • the bottles according to the figures 1 to 6 differ in that the distance of the beads 3 on the bottle neck 1 is different. It is thus possible to distinguish the individual variants of the bottles from each other.
  • bottles shown in Figures 7 to 10 have a muzzle sickle 2, to which a bottleneck 1 is connected.
  • the bottleneck 1 is formed significantly shorter in these embodiments.
  • the distinguishing feature for the type of bottle is provided in the embodiments according to FIGS. 7 to 10 not on the bottle neck 1 but on the muzzle sickle 2. These are circumferential depressions 4 and a bead 3.
  • FIG. 11 corresponds essentially to one of the exemplary embodiments according to FIGS. 7 to 10.
  • the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 11 has a distinguishing feature formed from a circumferential uniform pattern of calottes. This identification feature is a dome-shaped depressions 5 in a circumferential depression 4.

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EP2210675A1 (fr) * 2009-01-21 2010-07-28 Antonio Falanga Système de différenciation des emballages comprenant un élément caractérisant le contenu
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