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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leo B Baldwin, Horseheads, NY (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Glass Machinery Investments Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 356240 ;
Abstract
An inspection machine for inspecting the outer surface of a vertically standing container comprising a transparent convey for conveying a vertically standing container through an inspection location. The support conveyor includes a diffuser plate located to be beneath a conveyed container at the inspection location. A beam of collimated light is directed vertically downwardly towards the diffuser plate, and a two-dimensional camera axially views the bottom of the container above the diffuser plate, and the image is processed to evaluate the circumference of the container.