Patent · US Expired

Method of monitoring closures on containers

US7009697B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventor

Peter Lindner · Langquaid, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2002
Grant date	Mar 7, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 2, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

Method of optical inspection of closures on containers in which the outer edge of a closure is illuminated obliquely from above over the full circumference, and a photograph of the top side of the closure is made perpendicularly from above, and this photograph is used to detect the outer edge of the mouth, which appears brighter, and to check on the position of the cover logo relative to this edge of the mouth either directly or indirectly, and a signal is generated in the event an unacceptable eccentricity is found.

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