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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 1999
Applicant:
William J. Furnas, Elmira, NY (US);
Inventor:
William J. Furnas, Elmira, NY (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Glass S.A., Cham, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/12 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A machine is disclosed for inspecting the wall of a bottle which is delivered by a conveyor sequentially to an inspection station. A light source defines a plurality of vertical row groups each having no black row, a white row and a plurality of adjacent rows where the intensity systematically decreases to a lowest level where light blocking defects can be seen and than increases systematically to the next white row.