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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:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Murday Robertson, Winkel, CH;
Martin Rosatzin, Wohlen, CH;
Assignee:
Elpatronic AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436-2 ; 422 52 ; 422 62 ; 422 89 ; 422 87 ; 422101 ; 422102 ; 436-9 ; 436177 ; 436179 ; 73-106 ; 73-107 ; 222-3 ; 141911 ;
Abstract
In a method of testing a function of at least one detector at an inspection station (S) for containers, particularly in an inspection unit (R) for multi-trip bottles, a test gas is fed from a source (10) to the inspection station, or as the case may be to the detector(s), at periodic intervals.