System and apparatus for handling deposit beverage containers

摘要

A system including a load assembly configured to hold a plurality of deposit beverage containers, a tray configured to receive the deposit beverage containers from the load assembly, and one or both of a sort bar and a chute be disposed on the tray. The sort bar is configured to stop individual deposit beverage containers from sliding across the tray long enough to allow a user to sort individual deposit beverage containers and the chute is configured to direct the deposit beverage containers in a path across the tray. The system further includes a feed channel that receives the deposit beverage containers from the tray, with the feed channel being coupleable to one or both of the following components: a count module configured to receive and count the containers from the feed channel and a holding module configured to receive and hold the containers from the feed channel.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a load assembly configured to hold a plurality of deposit beverage containers, the load assembly comprising an outlet end; a tray configured to receive the deposit beverage containers from the outlet end of the load assembly, wherein the tray is configurable in the following modes:
a sort-and-count mode with a sort bar disposed on the tray and configured to stop individual deposit beverage containers from sliding across the tray long enough to allow a user to sort individual deposit beverage containers, anda count-only mode with a chute disposed on the tray and configured to direct the deposit beverage containers in a path across the tray; and a feed channel disposed along a bottom edge of the tray and configured to receive the deposit beverage containers from the tray, the feed channel coupleable to a count module configured to receive and count the deposit beverage containers from the feed channel.