US Patent 10139351 Device and method for continuously inspecting containers

The present invention provides an inspection device for continuously inspecting supplied containers, in particular bottles, comprising a feed conveying apparatus, which may be embodied to supply containers to the inspection device in succession, and which may include one or more of at least one inspection apparatus, which is embodied to inspect the supplied containers, a discharge conveying apparatus, which is embodied to discharge the inspected containers, and a throughput station for the containers, arranged between the feed conveying apparatus and the discharge conveying apparatus, wherein the throughput station has a transportation apparatus with an individual drive and a plurality of conveying means movable by means of the individual drive in an individual manner and independently from one another, said transportation apparatus being embodied to convey the containers from the feed conveying apparatus to the discharge conveying apparatus.