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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wayne R. Barr, Viera, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 ; G01M 3/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 ; G01M 3/34 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing liquid filled plastic vials for quantity of fill and leakage of contents is disclosed. Packets of six vials are tested in first and second test stations. The first station control program prevents second station testing of “solid” vials that would damage the second test station force measuring load cells. Vials testing outside of predetermined limits cause the packet to be classified as a reject.