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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7385174 | Apparatus and method for measuring sidewall thickness of non-round transparent containers An apparatus for inspecting sidewall thickness of non-round transparent containers includes a conveyor for holding a container in stationary position and rotating the container around an axis. A light source directs light energy onto a sidewall of the container on t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7317524 | Method and device for detecting surface defects on the neck ring of a transparent or translucent container of revolution A device for detecting surface defects (2) on the neck ring (3) of a container comprises: a light source (5) illuminating, by means of an incident light beam, a section of the surface of the neck ring of the co... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7266993 | Container leak detection apparatus and method An apparatus and method for testing a container as to leakage and defects. The apparatus is especially useful for testing plastic bottles because it does not contact one or more of the bottle sides during testing. A frame with the test components may be adjusted so ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7220932 | Work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting faulty bottles A work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting bottles considered faulty, includes a selecting disc, having a vertical axis and featuring radial seats made on its edge, for holding, in cooperation with vacuum ducts, bottles. A first track, ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7012679 | Inspection method and inspection system of surface of article The present invention is a method for inspecting a surface of an article through an image thereof by photographing a surface to be inspected of the article with a CCD camera, in which the surface of the article is inspected by selecting two arbitrary pixels from amo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6967319 | Device for checking the neck of a container for the presence of an incline A device for checking a container neck for the presence of an incline is disclosed. A pressure-contact head, which can be lowered onto the container, has means for holding and centering the container. A checking part, which can be moved angularly relative to the hor... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6618495 | Container inspection machine A machine is disclosed for inspecting the wall of a bottle which is delivered by a conveyor sequentially to an inspection station. A light source defined as spatially cyclically continuously varying between the extremes of dark and light.... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6584805 | Hot bottle inspection apparatus A glass bottle production line comprising a bottle mold which has a plurality of mold cavities arranged in a predetermined order for forming bottles from glass parisons and for transferring the bottles to a conveyor in a predetermined sequence correspondi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6519356 | System and method for inspecting cans A system and method inspects containers and cans and includes a conveyor for advancing a plurality of containers into an inspection area. A sensor senses when a can has advanced into the inspection area. At least one light source illuminates the exterior ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6031221 | Container inspection machine A machine is disclosed for inspecting the profile and wall of a bottle which is delivered by a conveyor sequentially to two inspection stations. A pair of light sources, when fully illuminated, define two images of the bottle on a CCD camera image, so tha... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5895911 | Glass container body check detector A glass container body check detector is disclosed which comprises a conveyor for conveying glass containers in a predetermined direction to an inspection station, a rotator for rotating a glass container at the inspection station about the axis of the gl... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5661294 | Process and apparatus for the optical inspection of a transparent region of a container, in particular the mouth region To photograph the mouth region of a bottle, a light-emitting surface is arranged below the mouth region to be photographed. The light-emitting surface is illuminated by means of an illuminating device and the image of the illuminated mouth region is direc... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5528026 | Process and arrangement for the inspection of translucent articles According to the process of the invention, optical inspection of a translucent article, in particular optical inspection of a concave bottom of a container, in which the article is positioned between a radiation source and an image recording apparatus and... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5523560 | Method and apparatus for inspecting liquid-filled containers The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for inspecting entities comprising liquid-filled containers for one or more test parameters of the liquid, the container, or both, by rotating and axially line scanning said entities and comparing sa... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5510610 | Apparatus for detecting defects on the bottom of bottles by manipulating an image to remove knurls An algorithm is disclosed which effectively removes the knurled annular portion on the bottom of a glass or plastic bottle which is located at an inspection location where diffused light is shown through the bottom of the bottle and is observed by a camer... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5505312 | Inspection machine for bottles or the like First, second and third linear conveyors are arranged in alignment with each other in the stated order. Bottles to be inspected are conveyed standing on their bottoms on the first linear conveyor through an inspection station followed by an ejector for th... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5499718 | System and method for seeking and presenting an area for reading with a vision system A method and system for temporarily halting an article for sensing with a fixed sensing system without altering its average speed. While halted, the article's orientation is manipulated for seeking and presenting a specific area thereon for sensing. The t... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5486692 | Glassware inspection machine comprising diffused light sources and two-dimensional cameras An inspection machine for inspecting a vertically standing container comprising a conveyor for horizontally displacing a vertically standing glass container through spaced inspection locations, a first pair of diffused light sources located behind the con... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5466927 | Inspection of translucent containers Apparatus for inspecting the bottom of a container that includes a light sensor positioned to view the container bottom through the open container mouth, a light source positioned externally of the container on the opposite side of the container bottom, a... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5437702 | Hot bottle inspection apparatus and method A glass bottle production line comprising a bottle mold which has a plurality of mold cavities arranged in a predetermined order for forming bottles from glass parisons and for transferring the bottles to a conveyor in a predetermined sequence correspondi... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5414777 | Process for the removal of multi-trip bottles from circulation According to the process, each returning bottle is examined for the presence of a predetermined level of fatigue damage. If this level has been reached, the bottle concerned is marked with a mark enabling further trips of the bottle to be counted. When th... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412203 | Cylindrical container inner surface tester A cylindrical container inner surface tester which illuminates an opening of a test container. The test container is located at a predetermined position with its opening set levelly to capture the opening through a TV camera. The tester also detects black... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5405014 | Method and device for the detection and identification of harmful substances in beverage bottles in filling lines A method and device for detection and identification of liquid, solid, and gaseous foreign substances of beverages and/or beverage residues in re-usable bottles, especially in plastic bottles and other containers. Electromagnetic radiation traverses the w... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5405015 | System and method for seeking and presenting an area for reading with a vision system A system for analyzing the physical condition of a moving article, such as a glass bottle, in a stream of articles of manufacture which are moving at a predetermined speed. A light source illuminates a portion of the moving article to be analyzed at an il... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5321491 | Method and apparatus for grading shell eggs In the grading of shell eggs passing in a stream through a candling bed, images of the eggs are compared with image data characteristic of eggs of known grade so as to assign a grade to each egg in the stream. Positional information representative of the ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5249034 | Method of and apparatus for inspecting end of object for defect A method of and an apparatus for inspecting an end of an object for a defect by which not only a defect caused by deformation of an end of an object in a horizontal direction but also another defect caused by deformation in a vertical direction can be det... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5144124 | Glass container inspection machine with plot display of container and light intensity A display generator presents a plot of rate of change of light intensity vs. number of containers and a threshold is located along this plot to separate acceptable from unacceptable containers. A rejection controller receives this threshold data and rejec... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5072107 | Apparatus for examining the mouths of bottles or the like Photographs for detecting defects in the upper end face of the lip (43) of the mouth are taken by a camera (18) arranged on the axis of a bottle to be examined. An annular, coaxial light-conducting member (30), which is surrounded by a light source (28), ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5059031 | High-speed optical testing of objects A method and apparatus are described for the optical inspection of at least partially transparent objects, such as bottles or flasks, arranged in line on a moving horizontal table conveyor. A light source is located on one side of the conveyor and a linea... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4915237 | Comprehensive container inspection system A comprehensive container inspection system includes axial container examining features, side wall inspection features and a controllable diverter for routing the containers to one of at least two sorting paths. Each stage of the inspection system is adap... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4912318 | Inspection equipment for small bottles Inspection equipment for inspecting products including medicines such as phials and ampuls and foods such as drinking water. The products are placed on the pedestals of an indexing turn table to be intermittently transferred. The products are held on thei... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4807995 | Process for electro optical inspection of the mouth area of glass bottles A bottle is moved over a sector of a circular path and simultaneously rotated around its longitudinal axis for the opto-electronic inspection of the mouth area for chipping of the glass. The bottle is guided through the beam path of a measuring apparatus ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4801319 | Apparatus and associated method for container sampling for inspection Apparatus for transporting and inspecting containers includes an annealing lehr disposed on one side of a primary conveyor and a stacker having a reciprocating pusher bar adapted to transport containers from the primary conveyor into the annealing lehr. I... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4762544 | Automated control of glass container manufacture A glassware production system includes an electropneumatic individual section glass forming machine having a multiplicity of operating mechanisms for converting a gob of molten glass into a hollow glass container. A glass forehearth feeds molten gobs at c... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4736851 | Process and apparatus for the automatic inspection by transparency contrast in particular of containers The invention concerns a process and an apparatus for automatic inspection of transparency contrast, consisting of illuminating the body of a container transversely to its axis (8), placing the container (3) against the light simultaneously with the aid o... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4720192 | Glass bottle inspection unit A glass bottle inspection unit includes an endless conveyor having a series of spaced roller members defining therebetween grooves for receiving glass bottles for inspection. The conveyor member carries the bottles through an inspection station and means ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4706336 | Apparatus for handling fish fillets for the purpose of quality inspection The invention concerns an apparatus which can be utilized for the quality inspection of fish fillets and enables the detection of faulty spots resulting from processing deficiencies, such as skin or fin remainders, blood spots, bones, as well as from para... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4701612 | Inspection of container finish Apparatus and method for inspecting the finish of transparent containers, particularly glass containers, which include facility for directing diffused light energy laterally through the container finish as the container is rotated about its central axis. ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4697076 | Lighting device for inspecting objects for flaws A lighting device for apparatus detecting flaws in objects having a photoelectric sensor aligned with the object and a processor responsive to the sensor for determining the light received by the sensor. The lighting device includes a ring-shaped lamp and... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4691231 | Bottle inspection system A method and apparatus for inspecting the sidewalls of containers on a continuously-moving conveyor includes recording instantaneous upper and lower angularly-spaced images of the bottles as they pass. Data on the images is stored as numeric data indicati... | 09/01/1987 |
