US 12,337,352 B2
Device for sorting a container, and associated facility and method
Alexandre Jean Antoine Mongrenier, Manneville-sur-Risle (FR); and Benoit Eric Sudre, Bordeaux (FR)
Assigned to WID GROUP, Bernay (FR)
Appl. No. 17/597,331
Filed by WID GROUP, Bernay (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068882
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/001554, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1907390 (FR), filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314282 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B07C 5/34 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 5/3412 (2013.01) [B07C 5/3404 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sorting device for sorting bottles containing an alcoholic liquid for a conveyor of bottles containing an alcoholic liquid, each specific bottle of the bottles containing the alcoholic liquid comprising an electronic chip comprising a memory storing at least one data item from among a data item relating to the specific bottle containing the alcoholic liquid and a data item relating to the electronic chip, the conveyor being suitable for driving the bottles containing the alcoholic liquid, the conveyor having at least a first path and a second path, the sorting device comprising:
a chip reader configured to read the at least one data item stored in the memory of the electronic chip, referred to as read data,
an arm movable between a first position and at least one second guiding position, the at least one second guiding position being distinct from the first position, and in the at least one second guiding position, the arm being configured to force the bottles containing the alcoholic liquid from the first path to follow the second path, the arm being rotatable between the first position and the at least one second position, the arm having a distal end configured to contact with each specific bottle containing the alcoholic liquid,
a calculator comprising a memory storing a first database and a second database, wherein the first database comprises data relating to the bottles, and the second database comprises chip identifiers for the bottles,
wherein the calculator is configured to (i) compare data read for the specific bottle with the data stored in the first database for that bottle and (ii) compare the electronic chip of the specific bottle with the chip identifiers stored in the second database, the calculator is further configured to determine a defective state of the electronic chip when no or incomplete data is read for the electronic chip for the specific bottle, and the calculator controls the position of the arm by outputting a control law depending on the defective state of the electronic chip.