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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2009
Mark Alan Uebel, Morrisville, NC (US);
James Robert Rivenbark, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Jasper Pollard, Durham, NC (US);
John Richard Sink, Raleigh, NC (US);
Demetris P. Young, Durham, NC (US);
Tobias Heineck, Durham, NC (US);
Mark Alan Uebel, Morrisville, NC (US);
James Robert Rivenbark, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Jasper Pollard, Durham, NC (US);
John Richard Sink, Raleigh, NC (US);
Demetris P. Young, Durham, NC (US);
Tobias Heineck, Durham, NC (US);
Parata Systems, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of verifying the seating and securing of a closure on a container includes the steps of: (a) positioning a container on a stage of an automated capping station; (b) bringing a closure into contact with the container; (c) detecting the nature of a physical relationship between the container and the closure; (d) responsive to step (c), relatively moving the closure and the container if step (c) indicates seating of the closure on the container is proper; and (e) detecting the nature of a physical relationship between the closure and the container to determine whether the closure is properly secured.