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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1974
Donald N Heisner, Euclid, OH (US);
Picker Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An automated tire inspection system employs penetrative emanation such as X-radiation to inspect the integrity of portions of tires fed sequentially along a feed path through a centering station and into a shielded enclosure which where an inspection station is defined. Features of the system include: (1) the use of separate drive motors to independently drive each of the movable components of the apparatus along their respective paths of travel; (2) sensors for sensing the positions of the components; and a control system connected between the sensors and the motors to operate the motors to effect tire positioning and inspection in accordance with a predetermined operational sequence.