Bottle sorting unit recognition unit has camera and optical unit scanning bottles in boxes from bottom to top to select empty bottles

摘要

A bottle sorting unit recognition unit (1) has a camera (50) and optical unit with mirror and lamp for recognising empty bottles of different types during bottle transport in a packing head (21) so that at least one camera (50) records the bottle over its free height from bottom to top. Independent claims are included for procedures using the unit.