摘要 |
The invention concerns a device and a method in handling of returnable packages, such as bottles and/or cans. The device (10) comprises a rotatable magazine (12) for transferring returnable packages, such as bottles or cans, from a feed station (B1) further. The device that transfers the returned package from the package feed station (B1) is a rotatable magazine (12), which includes package spaces (A1, A2). The solution of equipment comprises, in the magazine (12), an outer wall, which moves to ahead of the feed gate (B1) when the magazine is rotated. The identification station (B2), in which the returned package, such as a can or a bottle, is identified, is placed after the feed station (B1). The equipment includes means by which a returned package placed in a package space (A1 or A2) in the magazine (12) is transferred, by rotating the magazine, from the feed station (B1) into the identification station (B2), in which the returned package is identified. In the arrangement of equipment, there is a stattion into which the returned package is transferred if it has been accepted in the identification station (B2). The device comprises such a control of the magazine (12) that the returned package, such as a can or a bottle, if it is not accepted upon identification carried out in the identification station (B2), is transferred back into the feed station (B1) by rotating the magazine (12).
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