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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
George H. Hall, Jr., Toledo, OH (US);
Benjamin L. Daniel, Gibsonburg, OH (US);
Stephen M. Graff, Maumee, OH (US);
John W. Juvinall, Ottawa Lake, MI (US);
Timothy A. Kohler, Waterville, OH (US);
Thomas F. Michalski, Maumee, OH (US);
James A. Ringlien, Maumee, OH (US);
George H. Hall, Jr., Toledo, OH (US);
Benjamin L. Daniel, Gibsonburg, OH (US);
Stephen M. Graff, Maumee, OH (US);
John W. Juvinall, Ottawa Lake, MI (US);
Timothy A. Kohler, Waterville, OH (US);
Thomas F. Michalski, Maumee, OH (US);
James A. Ringlien, Maumee, OH (US);
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for inspecting a container having a base and a mouth, wherein light is directed through the container base into the container, and out of the container through the container mouth, using at least first and second light sources operatively disposed adjacent to each other beneath the container base and having differing operating characteristics. Light transmitted through the container mouth is sensed, and a composite image of the container mouth may be produced from two or more images of portions of the container mouth.