Method for optoelectronically inspecting pharmaceutical articles
US7012242B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C5/365
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a method for optoelectronically inspecting pharmaceutical capsules (2) in a capsule filling machine (1), the pharmaceutical capsules (2) are fed in single file from a station (3) where the capsules (2) are made to a capsule (2) outfeed portion (8) of the machine (1) along a defined feed path (P) passing through an inspection station (13). In the inspection station (13), each pharmaceutical capsule (2) passes through an electromagnetic field created by coherent, polarised light radiation.
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