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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:
Jul. 25, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1993
Leo B Baldwin, Horseheads, NY (US);
Emhart Glass Machinery Investments Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A machine for inspecting the bottom of a glass container having an opening at the top thereof comprising deliverance of a glass container to an inspection station, the inspection station including a two dimensional camera having an imaging surface, viewing the bottom of the glass container through the opening thereof and focusing the viewed bottom on the imaging surface, computer for evaluating the viewed bottom imaged on the imaging surface and for illuminating the bottom of the glass container including a source of light for collimating light from the light source, diffusing the collimated light including two glass sheets each having a ground surface, the sheet being selectively locatable to define at least two spacings between the ground surface.