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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russ J Baker, Horseheads, NY (US);
Robert A Hansen, Elmira, NY (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Industries, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
738658 ; 324664 ;
Abstract
The thickness of a formed glass container is evaluated around its wall periphery by making a selected sampling of voltage data. An encoder is used which displaces the periphery past a sensor and sampling is synchronized with the pulses of the encoder. When a seam is detected, sampled data is ignored for a chosen number of pulses prior to as well as following and the number of pulses is set by defining the diameter of the container.