Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348127000 | Of transparent container or content (e.g., bottle, jar, etc.) | 18 |
20080273085 | Machine for inspecting glass containers - A machine for distinguishing blisters from checks on the finish of a glass container. The captured objects are located in a band to define a cluster. The cluster is evaluated to determine whether it is a multiple cluster and each defined cluster is evaluated to distinguish a check from a blister | 11-06-2008 |
20080273086 | Machine for inspecting glass containers - A machine for inspecting glass containers rotating at an inspection station. A camera images an area of interest on the glass container (the finish for example) and the area is imaged at angular increments. An anomalous object is analyzed in each image and the deviation of its center relative to a datum is measured. A deviation less than a maximum enables the control to identify the object as a blister. | 11-06-2008 |
20090201368 | GLAZING INSPECTION - A glazing inspection apparatus for detecting edge faults in a ply of glass, and a method of inspection, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a light source for illuminating a ply of glass, image capture means for capturing images of the edge and the upper and lower surfaces, adjacent the edge, of the ply of glass and focusing means for focusing the images of the edge and the upper and lower surfaces, adjacent the edge, of the ply of glass into the same focal plane. Preferably the focusing means comprises two triangular glass prisms located at one end of a parallelepiped glass block, on opposite sides of the block. Alternatively, the focusing means may comprise the parallelepiped glass block and a pair of mirrors. | 08-13-2009 |
20100141756 | BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT HAVING AN APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS WITH AN OPTOELECTRIC DETECTION SYSTEM AND AN OPTOELECTRIC DETECTION SYSTEM - A beverage bottling plant having an apparatus for inspecting bottles or similar containers with an optoelectric detection system and an optoelectric detection system. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 06-10-2010 |
20100194878 | Machine For Inspecting Glass Containers - A machine for distinguishing blisters from checks on the finish of a glass container. The captured objects are located in a band to define a cluster. The cluster is evaluated to determine whether it is a multiple cluster and each defined cluster is evaluated to distinguish a check from a blister. | 08-05-2010 |
20100289892 | INSPECTION DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING EMBOSSINGS AND/OR LABELS ON TRANSPARENT VESSELS, IN PARTICULAR BEVERAGE BOTTLES - An inspection device and a method for recognizing embossings and/or labels on transparent vessels, in particular beverage bottles, and having a camera for imaging an embossing and a label of a vessel to be examined, and a transmitted light lamp provided with a luminescent screen and used for sending transmitted light through the embossing. In this way, a compact inspection device for recognizing labels and/or embossings and for examining their positions is provided. | 11-18-2010 |
20110007148 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a novel inspection device for bottles or similar containers ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110025840 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR DETECTING FOREIGN BODIES IN A FILLED CONTAINER - An inspection device and an inspection method for detecting foreign bodies in a filled container, and having at least one inspection camera, a transport device for the at least section-by-section linear transport of the container and at least one vibration device for vibrating the container, where foreign bodies in the containers can be set in motion without complicated acceleration and retarding of the container and the movements can be registered and compared as single images by the inspection cameras even with a stationary camera position. The construction of the device is less space-consuming and less complicated than for machines of the rotary type and the detection of foreign bodies is more reliable than with conventional machines of the linear type. | 02-03-2011 |
20110050884 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING LABELED CONTAINERS - An apparatus and a method for inspecting labeled containers, allowing a detection of holes in the label, with a high hit rate, even in cases where the color of the label is similar to that of the filled product, wherein the label is irradiated with visible light and invisible light and/or is imaged in incident light and transmitted light. | 03-03-2011 |
20110149065 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE EDGE PROFILE OF BOTTLES OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a method and device for detecting the edge profile of bottles or similar containers that are moved past a measuring and/or receiving region of a measuring and/or receiving system, using at least one opto-electric receiver on one side of the measuring and/or receiving region and using at least one light-emitting device on the side located opposite of the receiver in the measuring and/or receiving region. | 06-23-2011 |
20110164131 | METHOD AND INSPECTION DEVICE FOR TESTING CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a method for testing bottles or the like containers ( | 07-07-2011 |
20110216187 | REDUNDANT INSPECTION - The invention relates to an inspection device ( | 09-08-2011 |
20120133764 | Clear Mottle Analyzer for Multilayer Laminates - This disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods utilized to quantitatively measure the level of mottle in multilayer laminates. The systems and method are generally free of the inconsistencies, variability and inherent biases of the traditional subjective process by which a person of ordinary skill in the art can assess and categorize the mottle of a multilayer laminate. In the method, variations in the images of mottle produced by a shadowgraph are quantified, measured and classified. | 05-31-2012 |
20130070084 | Foreign Matter Inspection Device and Foreign Matter Inspection Method - Disclosed are a foreign matter inspection device and a foreign matter inspection method, in which the accurate inspection of foreign matter is performed using captured images by continuous shooting in the state in which a movement locus due to the falling caused by the movement of the foreign matter along the inner wall of a container from the horizontal direction of the container as a result of rotation is formed so as to be long. A rotating device is provided with a rotation control means for executing the rotational motion in which container holding members for holding the container in a horizontal manner or at a constant inclination angle relative to the horizontal axis of the container, and the container are rotated at an angle of 60° or more, and then stopped, wherein a foreign matter detection means detects the foreign matter according to the movement locus of the foreign matter, which is formed using the captured images obtained by the continuous shooting for each rotational motion at constant time. | 03-21-2013 |
20130076891 | VISION SYSTEM - Embodiments may disclose a vision system for detecting a defect, including a conveyer belt configured to move at least one bottle through the vision system; a light emitting diode (LED) backlight configured to silhouette any dark contamination on a surface or inside the at least one bottle; a robot with a bottle gripper tooling, the robot configured to pick up the at least one bottle and rotate the at least one bottle; at least one camera configured to take pictures of the at least one bottle while the at least one bottle is being rotated; and a flipper arm configured to stop or allow the at least one bottle to move to a position where the robot picks up the at least one bottle. | 03-28-2013 |
20130222575 | GLASS BOTTLE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a glass bottle inspection apparatus which can detect a defect at a specific location such as a bottle-mouth portion of a glass bottle by an imaging process. The glass bottle inspection apparatus includes an inspection unit having one or plural illuminating units (LED | 08-29-2013 |
20130242085 | DEVICE FOR USE IN INSPECTION OF CONTAINER, INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD - A device for use in the inspection of a container, an inspection system and an inspection method are provided. The device comprises a protection pane for protecting a first space being separated by the protection pane from a second space for arrangement of the container, and a predetermined mark being arranged on the protection pane so that it is arrangeable on the device in a detecting range of a detecting unit for detection, wherein the detecting range is used for detecting at least one part of the container. | 09-19-2013 |
20140125796 | INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION EQUIPMENT FOR MOUTH SECTION OF BOTTLE-CAN - An inspection method and inspection equipment for mouth section of bottle-can including: | 05-08-2014 |