US 11,992,993 B2
Camera for monitoring a transfer
Harald Effenberger, Schierling (DE); Andreas Brunner, Aufhausen (DE); Christian Jendretzke, Hahnbach (DE); and Thomas Hoellriegl, Teublitz (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Appl. No. 16/613,891
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
PCT Filed May 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/064022
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/219918, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 111 598.6 (DE), filed on May 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362395 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 49/78 (2006.01); B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B29C 49/46 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 49/78 (2013.01) [B29C 49/42069 (2022.05); B29C 49/46 (2013.01); B29C 2049/4697 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for processing containers, comprising:
at least one processing device which processes the containers in a predetermined manner, and
at least one transfer device, which transfers the containers, individually, to the processing device in a transfer region and/or to which the containers are transferred from the processing device in the transfer region,
wherein at least one inspection device is provided, which visually inspects at least a part of the transfer region, at a time when no containers are being transferred, so that an interengagement of individual elements of the apparatus, including a time-dependent relative arrangement of elements of the transfer device relative to elements of the processing device, are observed, wherein the at least one inspection device inspects at least the part of the transfer region when the apparatus is outside a production mode and in a specifically provided configuration mode, and
wherein a control device is provided which operates the apparatus in a configuration mode, in which individual processing steps, which are performed on the containers of at least one processing device during the usual production mode, are not carried out.