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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:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Applicants:
Richard D. Diehr, Horseheads, NY (US);
Amir R. Novini, Akron, OH (US);
Richard A. Sones, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Richard D. Diehr, Horseheads, NY (US);
Amir R. Novini, Akron, OH (US);
Richard A. Sones, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignees:
Emhart Glass S.A., Cham, CH;
Applied Vision Corporation, LLC, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/12 (2006.01); G01N 21/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A machine for inspecting glass containers which are being rotated at an inspection station. A light source illuminates a selected area on a rotating glass container while the container rotates through a selected angle and a camera is triggered to capture an image while the bottle rotates through that angle. A plurality of sequential images are recorded and a critical addition is made to be inspected.