Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090147082 | METHOD FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A method for quality control of a stretch-blow-molded plastic container by inspecting its base, which method is easy to execute and is not highly susceptible to faults. Such inspection of the container bases includes determining quality features such as the surface area of an unstretched and/or only slightly stretched region of the base of the plastic container. | 06-11-2009 |
20100288419 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ORIENTING THE ROTATIONAL POSITION OF CONTAINERS, IN PARTICULAR OF BOTTLES - A method and a device for orienting the rotational position of containers, in particular bottles, wherein or by means of which a feature on the container is detected and an actual rotational position of the container is calculated on the basis of the detected feature and a control signal for moving the container to a desired rotational position is calculated, while the container is being rotated. The method and device reduce the time required for the orientation of the containers. | 11-18-2010 |
20100289890 | Apparatus and Method for Aligning Containers, in Particular Bottles, in a Labeler - An apparatus and a method for aligning containers, in particular bottles, in a labeler, the apparatus having rotatable holders for containers to be aligned, and a camera unit for imaging the containers as well as a proximity switch for triggering an imaging function of the camera unit. This allows a precise alignment in combination with a reduced expenditure of time and reduced space requirements. | 11-18-2010 |
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 |
20110058156 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE MASS AND/OR A MASS PROPORTION OF A WALL SECTION OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE - A method and device for the determination of the mass and/or the mass proportion of a wall section of a plastic bottle, in particular a section in the vicinity of the bottle shoulder and/or of the bottle neck, where, due to the fact that a relative mass distribution of the side wall is calculated from a distribution of the light transmission through the side wall of the bottle, the mass proportion of the wall section to be determined of the mass of the side wall can be determined with slight error based on the mass distribution even without calculation of the absolute mass values. | 03-10-2011 |
20110233410 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TESTING FILLED CONTAINERS FOR FOREIGN BODIES - An apparatus for the inspection of filled containers may include a first radiation device which directs radiation onto the liquid to be tested and present in the container, and an image-recording device which records at least part of the radiation directed from the first radiation device onto the liquid and reflected or scattered by the container. The image-recording device may be designed for recording a spatially resolved image, wherein the apparatus has at least one further radiation device or one further image-recording device. The radiation devices and the image-recording device are arranged in such a way that an observation of the liquid is carried out on at least two image-recording paths which are different from each other. | 09-29-2011 |
20120067502 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING STRIPS OF LABELS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING STRIPS OF LABELS - An apparatus for processing strips of labels includes a strip of labels having a plurality of individual labels following one after the other. The apparatus includes a conveying device that conveys the strip of labels along a conveying path, and a position detection device provided along the conveying path that detects a position of the strip of labels. The apparatus includes a processing device that is provided along the conveying path. The processing device includes a cutting unit that is constructed and arranged to cut the strip of labels. The apparatus includes a labelling device that is arranged downstream with respect to the processing device along the conveying path. The labelling device is constructed and arranged to attach processed labels to containers. The position detection device includes an image detection device that is configured to capture two-dimensional images of regions of the strip of labels. | 03-22-2012 |
20140015960 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Bubbles and/or Creases on Labeled Containers - A method and an apparatus for detecting bubbles and/or creases on labeled containers. Bubbles/creases can be detected without comparison with a previously stored reference recording by virtue of the fact that a label to be examined is illuminated with a first flash of light, for example using the surface radiator, and is recorded in a first camera image, that the label is also illuminated with at least one second flash of light, for example using the directional radiator, with a changed directional characteristic and is recorded in a second camera image, and that a brightness difference between the first and second camera images is calculated. | 01-16-2014 |