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Device for checking tyres

US10488302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 2016
Grant dateNov 26, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/8845
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for checking a tyre in a tyre production line. The device includes a detection system, an illumination arrangement and a reflective element. The detection system includes a camera having a target line lying on an optical plane passing through the camera. The illumination arrangement includes first, second and third light sources, the second and third light sources being arranged at opposite sides with respect to the optical plane and symmetrically with respect to the first light source. The reflective element defines a reflective plane arranged perpendicular to the optical plane and arranged between the second and the third light source.

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