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Method and inspection device for testing containers

US8937656B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinrich Wiemer · Hamburg, DE
Horst Böcker · Schwerte, DE
Jürgen Herrmann · Rosenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2009
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/90
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for testing bottles or the like containers (1) filled with a bulk material and mechanically closed by means of a container closure (2), the container closures (2) each comprising an original security ring (4) held on said container (1) in the closed state thereof in an interlocking and/or force-fit manner, such that opening the container (1) is possible only by separating and/or destroying the originality security ring (4), characterized in that the containers (1) are tested by means of at least one optoelectronic sensor system (10) after filling and closing for intactness of the originality security element (4).

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