Inspection device with rotatable lighting element housing

US8958064B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heinrich Wiemer · Hamburg, DE
• Horst Böcker · Schwerte, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2201/0634
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an inspection device for monitoring containers, particularly bottles, comprising at least one transport path for supplying and removing the containers, a lighting unit, and optical measuring unit, and a control unit, wherein the lighting unit is surrounded by a transparent hollow body mounted in a rotatable fashion about the central axis, and the hollow body may be driven by a motor, either directly or via appropriate operative connections. Ideally, the hollow body is a tube made of a material or mixture of materials that is transparent to rays in the optically visible wavelength range, in the infrared range, and/or in the ultraviolet range, wherein the material is at least partially transparent to said rays.