MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202614015885 A) filed by Krones AG on February 12, 2026, for Method And Apparatus For Cleaning Containers With Ultrasonic Transducer And Monitoring System.

Inventors include Ines Bradshaw; Michael Neubauer; and Tanja Redemski-Meyer.

The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cleaning containers, preferably reusable bottles, wherein ultrasonic vibrations are generated by at least one ultrasonic transducer and applied to the containers during cleaning. According to the invention, it is provided for a state of the at least one ultrasonic transducer to be monitored by a monitoring system, wherein the state is a mechanical state, an optical state and/or an electrical state of the at least one ultrasonic transducer. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method. FIG. 1

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