Patents Assigned to FINATEC HOLDING AG
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Patent number: 11820035Abstract: A device for processing drinks closure caps having at least one cutting unit with at least one cutting blade and a detection unit which, in turn, has a camera as well as at least one conveying device forming a transport path to and from the cutting unit is disclosed. In order to solve the problems of known devices, the detection unit has an optical system and is arranged operatively downstream of the cutting unit such that it fully captures the inner wall of a drinks closure cap located in its field of vision.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: FINATEC HOLDING AG, PACKSYS GLOBAL AGInventors: Attila Brunold, Pascal Friedli, Martin Hurlimann, Simon Kessler, Dominik Roth, Pascal Choquard
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Publication number: 20220126474Abstract: A device for processing drinks closure caps having at least one cutting unit with at least one cutting blade and a detection unit which, in turn, has a camera as well as at least one conveying device forming a transport path to and from the cutting unit is disclosed. In order to solve the problems of known devices, the detection unit has an optical system and is arranged operatively downstream of the cutting unit such that it fully captures the inner wall of a drinks closure cap located in its field of vision.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicants: FINATEC HOLDING AG, PACKSYS GLOBAL AGInventors: Attila BRUNOLD, Pascal FRIEDL, Martin HURLIMANN, Simon KESSLER, Dominik ROTH, Pascal CHOQUARD
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Patent number: 10761033Abstract: The present invention relates to a testing method and a corresponding testing system, for example for testing workpieces (2), which are provided for producing containers, in particular beverage bottles, and which can consist of a basic body and a barrier layer that is at least partially applied to the basic body, whereby the workpieces (2) are transported into a receiving vessel (4) by means of a transport device (3), and whereby an image of the workpieces (2) is generated by means of a capturing device (6) and is transmitted to a processing device for testing, wherein the workpieces (2) are led into the receiving vessel (4) upon leaving the transport device (3), whereby the image is generated between the departure from the transport device (3) and the receiving vessel (4) and wherein the image is processed by the processing device in such a way that the quality of the basic body and/or the quality of the barrier layer of the workpieces (2) is tested in order to detect defective workpieces (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Finatec Holding AGInventors: Fridolin Maibach, Matthias Hermle
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Patent number: 10442636Abstract: An interim storage device (1) for separated and oriented objects (2) includes an object inlet (3), a rotating turntable (4), a spiral-shaped object path (5), and an object outlet (6). Either the object inlet (5) or the object outlet (6) is in line with the spiral origin (7) while the other is in line with the spiral end (8). The spiral-shaped object path (5) features a fixed spiral (9) which is placed above the turntable (4) without making contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Finatec Holding AGInventors: Fridolin Maibach, Matthias Hermle, Bernhard Kubalek, Martin Gerber, Christian Gräser
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Publication number: 20180297789Abstract: An interim storage device (1) for separated and oriented objects (2) includes an object inlet (3), a rotating turntable (4), a spiral-shaped object path (5), and an object outlet (6). Either the object inlet (5) or the object outlet (6) is in line with the spiral origin (7) while the other is in line with the spiral end (8). The spiral-shaped object path (5) features a fixed spiral (9) which is placed above the turntable (4) without making contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: Finatec Holding AGInventors: Fridolin Maibach, Matthias Hermle, Bernhard Kubalek, Martin Gerber, Christian Gräser
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Patent number: 9656302Abstract: A method and a device for transporting and examining fast-moving objects to be treated, the objects comprising an outer surface and a top surface, (e.g. preforms, bottles, containers, lids, closures). The device comprises an examining unit with an inspection camera and a rejection unit, the bodies being rejected by expulsion using a contactless exertion of force.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: FINATEC HOLDING AGInventors: Matthias Hermle, Bernhard Kubalek, Fridolin Maibach
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Patent number: 9638579Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and the corresponding system for checking the color quality of preforms (2) intended for the manufacture of containers, in particular beverage bottles, the preforms (2) being transported to a collection vessel (4) by a transport device (3), and an image of the preforms (2) being made by means of an imaging device (6) and being transmitted to a processing device for checking, in which the preforms (2) are led unsorted into the collection vessel (4) upon leaving the transport device (3), the image being made between the leaving of the transport device (3) and the collection vessel (4), and in which the image is processed by the processing device in such a way that the color quality of the preforms (2) and/or defective preforms (2) are discovered.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: FINATEC HOLDING AGInventors: Matthias Hermle, Fridolin Maibach, Beat Schlup
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Patent number: 9613414Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an accompanying system for inspecting objects (5) provided with a gas-barrier layer. The objects have at least one base layer (5a) of a first material, polyethylene or polypropylene, for example, and at least one gas-barrier layer of a different material, EVA or EVOH, for example. An image-recording module (6), such as an infrared camera, records an image of each object (5) and processes the images by means of a processing module (7) in such a way that faulty objects (5) are detected and eliminated. More specifically, the image recording module (6) creates the image of each object (5) within the invisible light spectrum, and the processing module (7) then examines the recorded image, wherein the presence, the absence or the thickness of the gas-barrier layer is determined on the basis of the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Finatec Holding AGInventors: Matthias Schärer, Bernhard Kubalek, Fridolin Maibach, Matthias Hermle
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Publication number: 20160001328Abstract: A method and a device for transporting and examining fast-moving objects to be treated, the objects comprising an outer surface and a top surface, (e.g. preforms, bottles, containers, lids, closures). The device comprises an examining unit with an inspection camera and a rejection unit, the bodies being rejected by expulsion using a contactless exertion of force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: FINATEC HOLDING AGInventors: Matthias Hermle, Bernhard Kubalek, Fridolin Maibach