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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Ulrich Schlieper, Rettenbach, DE;
Rainer Kwirandt, Barbing, DE;
Ulrich Schlieper, Rettenbach, DE;
Rainer Kwirandt, Barbing, DE;
Krones AG, Neutraubling, DE;
Abstract
An inspection device () for inspecting container closures (), having an illumination device () which is situated above the container closures () to be inspected and illuminates the container closures, an image recording device () which is situated above the container closures () to be inspected and which records the radiation directed from the illumination device () onto the container closures () and reflected back by the container closures () and outputs a locally resolved image of the container closures. The distance between the image recording device () and the container closure () to be inspected is less than ten times the height of the container closure (), and the image recording device () has a lens () which has a focal length of less than 10 mm.