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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Rexam Beverage Can Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas Leitzen, Marengo, IL (US);
Robert P. Perez, Gurnee, IL (US);
James E. Sluis, III, Oak Forest, IL (US);
Thomas Kitowski, Antioch, IL (US);
Eric D. Baune, Algonquin, IL (US);
REXAM BEVERAGE CAN COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A metallic beverage container body inspection apparatus processes a plurality of metallic beverage container bodies along an index path. An indexer sequentially transfers metallic beverage container bodies from the manufacturing queue through the apparatus while maintaining an orientation of the container bodies. A dwell position is located on the index path wherein the indexer delivers metallic beverage container bodies to the dwell position. An inspection position is vertically aligned with and horizontally offset from the dwell position. An image recorder is aimed the inspection position and captures a plurality of images about a circumference of each metallic beverage containers.