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Device for detecting defects in glass articles

US4491728A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1982
Grant dateJan 1, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/9054
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for detecting unacceptable defects in a neck area of hollow glass articles transported by a feeding element has a light source spaced from a path of feeding of the articles and arranged to illuminate the neck area of the latter, a projecting element arranged to project an image of the neck area of each of the glass articles, an image receiving element arranged to receive the projected image of the neck area and having a plurality of electrooptical elements, wherein the projecting element includes a mirror arranged to project the image of the neck area of each of the articles along a projecting axis which is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the device, and the electrooptical elements are arranged in a circle located in a plane normal to the projecting axis.

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