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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:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Anton Stauffer, Bedford, NY (US);
Oliver Stauffer, Bedford, NY (US);
Mikhail Knellar, Bronx, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anton Stauffer, Bedford, NY (US);
Oliver Stauffer, Bedford, NY (US);
Mikhail Knellar, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
Packaging Technologies & Inspection, LLC, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting leaks in blister packages wherein a package is supported with a support chamber and a flexible and imperforate bladder is placed over the package after which at least a partial vacuum pressure is applied and a measure made to determine if any leakage is detected while an image of the bladder is detected, such as by a camera, with the image being used to provide a visual indication of the location of a failure in the blister package.