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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Carsten Buchwald, Bad Breisig, DE;
Wolfgang Schorn, Hönningen, DE;
Inventors:
Carsten Buchwald, Bad Breisig, DE;
Wolfgang Schorn, Hönningen, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); B67C 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/2433 (2013.01); B67C 3/007 (2013.01); G01N 21/9036 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and device for detecting the edge profile of bottles or similar containers that are moved past a measuring and/or receiving region of a measuring and/or receiving system, using at least one opto-electric receiver on one side of the measuring and/or receiving region and using at least one light-emitting device on the side located opposite of the receiver in the measuring and/or receiving region.