Patents Assigned to KHS Metec GmbH
  • Device and method for checking the level of moving transparent containers
    Patent number: 7271893
    Abstract: Device for checking the fill level of moving transparent containers comprising at least one light sensitive sensor unit, a light source directed to the sensor unit, and an evaluation unit for sensor signals generated by the sensor unit, whereas the sensor unit generates sensor signals depending on the position of a light beam on the sensor unit, and the evaluation unit determines from the temporal sequence of the sensor signals, whether the light beam was deflected by a container filled with a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: KHS Metec GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Franz Seethaler