EP3456424B8 - Transfer station and return system - Google Patents

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EP3456424B8
EP3456424B8 EP18193759.0A EP18193759A EP3456424B8 EP 3456424 B8 EP3456424 B8 EP 3456424B8 EP 18193759 A EP18193759 A EP 18193759A EP 3456424 B8 EP3456424 B8 EP 3456424B8
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transfer station
return system
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Jürgen Utschig
Thomas Huffer
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Sielaff GmbH and Co KG Automatenbau Herrieden
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    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
    • G07F7/0609—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by fluid containers, e.g. bottles, cups, gas containers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
EP18193759.0A 2014-02-13 2015-02-10 Transfer station and return system Active EP3456424B8 (en)

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DE102014202632.6A DE102014202632A1 (en) 2014-02-13 2014-02-13 Transfer station, reverse vending machine and handling method
EP15154504.3A EP2907591B1 (en) 2014-02-13 2015-02-10 Transfer station, reverse vending machine and method for transfer, in particular for returnable deposit bottles

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EP15154504.3A Division EP2907591B1 (en) 2014-02-13 2015-02-10 Transfer station, reverse vending machine and method for transfer, in particular for returnable deposit bottles

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EP3456424A2 EP3456424A2 (en) 2019-03-20
EP3456424A3 EP3456424A3 (en) 2019-06-05
EP3456424B1 EP3456424B1 (en) 2021-06-09
EP3456424B8 true EP3456424B8 (en) 2021-12-15

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EP18193759.0A Active EP3456424B8 (en) 2014-02-13 2015-02-10 Transfer station and return system

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Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP3208782B1 (en) 2016-02-22 2022-10-19 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH Empties returning device
CN107170121B (en) * 2017-07-19 2022-10-14 开识（上海）自动化科技有限公司 Intelligent breakfast vending machine and using method thereof
CN108816790A (en) * 2018-06-08 2018-11-16 滨海金海立医药化工有限公司 A kind of cyclopropyl carboxylic acid is filling to use empty bottle automatic removing device
DE102020214198A1 (en) 2020-11-11 2022-05-12 Sielaff GmbH & Co. KG Automatenbau Herrieden Storage compartment, storage device and method for storing a multiplicity of individually fed rollable containers, acceptance machine

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EP0569689B1 (en) * 1992-04-15 1999-08-04 Hermann Kronseder Method and device for sorting bottles
DE20006059U1 (en) * 2000-03-31 2000-12-07 Klingner Eberhard Arrangement for sorting vessels
DE102009011058A1 (en) * 2009-03-02 2010-09-09 Khs Ag Plant for sorting empties

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EP3456424A3 (en) 2019-06-05
EP2907591B1 (en) 2018-09-12
EP2907591A2 (en) 2015-08-19
EP3456424B1 (en) 2021-06-09
EP2907591A3 (en) 2015-12-09
EP3456424A2 (en) 2019-03-20
DE102014202632A1 (en) 2015-08-13

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