Container inspection machine

• US 20040263619A1
• Filed: 06/30/2003
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Emhart Glass SA (Bucher Industries AG)
• Original Assignee: Emhart Glass SA (Bucher Industries AG)
• Inventors: Diehr, Richard D.
• Application Number:
  US10/610,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20040263619A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/127
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/90 in a container or its contents G01N21/91 takes precedence

Abstract

A machine for inspecting a portion of a container which is conveyed to an inspection location. A source of two-color light illuminates a bottle and a beam splitter divides the beam into first and second beams of two-color light. One camera images the beam after one color has been filtered and a second camera images the beam after the second color has been filtered.

Claims

1. A machine for inspecting a portion of a container which is conveyed to an inspection location comprising

a source of two color light for illuminating a bottle,

a camera system for imaging the illuminated bottle including

a first camera,

a second camera, and

a beam splitter for directing the two colored light to said first camera and for directing the two colored light to said second camera,

a first filter intermediate said first camera and said beam splitter for removing one of the light colors and

a second filter intermediate said second camera and said beam splitter for removing the second one of the light colors.

2. A machine for inspecting a container according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the bottle inspected is the bottom of the container.

3. A machine for inspecting a container according to claim 1, wherein the two light colors are green and red.