Method and device for optically inspecting bottles
OwnerPeter Lindnerinventor
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a method and an apparatus for the optical inspection of bottles in an inspection station comprising at least one camera for recording images of a bottle or a bottle part and at least one lighting unit which illuminates at least one bottle or a bottle part. The apparatus and the method are characterized by the fact that several inspection steps are provided in a single inspection station, said steps following one another as closely as possible.
Claims28
Apparatus for the optical inspection of bottles (1) in an inspection station (18), comprising at least one camera (9, 10) for recording images of a bottle (1) or a bottle part (2, 5) and at least one lighting unit (11, 12, 13) which illuminates at least one bottle (1) or one bottle part (2, 5), characterized by the fact that installations for at least two inspection steps are provided in the inspection station (18) in such a manner that the inspection steps occur at different points of time following one another as closely as possible.
Method for the optical inspection of bottles, comprising the following steps:
- bringing a bottle (1) into the inspection unit (18),
- at least two inspection steps, following each other as close as possible, of at least one bottle (1) in the inspection unit (18),
- taking the bottle out of the optical inspection unit (18).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.