# US 8,786,865 B2 · Asperity detection device for can

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- Number: US 8,786,865 B2
- Document ID: US8786865B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/513,646
- Filed: 2010-12-16
- Published: 2012-09-27
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2009-12-22
- Assignees: Universal Can Corporation
- Applicants: Tadafumi Hirano
- Inventors: Tadafumi Hirano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786865B2

## CPC

- G01N 21/909: {in opaque containers or opaque container parts, e.g. cans, tins, caps, labels}
- G01N 21/9054: {Inspection of sealing surface and container finish}
- G01N 21/9045: {Inspection of ornamented or stippled container walls}
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

## Abstract

Provided is an asperity detection device for a can which does not need an additional conveyance device for inspection, reduces increased inspection costs, and allows for quick detection of defective merchandise while conveying the can. The asperity detection device for a can is provided with: first lighting devices (30) which irradiate a first light substantially horizontal to a top surface (21a) of a mouth section (21) from a side of a can (20); a second lighting device (40) which irradiates a second light substantially vertical to the top surface (21a) of the mouth section (21) from above the can (20); and an imaging device (50) which is arranged above the can (20), photographs the top surface (21a) of the mouth section (21), and detects reflection at the top surface (21a), in which at least three or more first lighting devices (30) are arranged with substantially even intervals in a circumferential direction around a periphery of the mouth section (21), the first light which is irradiated from each of the first lighting devices (30) is irradiated to the top surface (21a) from a side of the mouth section (21) along a tangent line of a cylindrical surface of the mouth section (21) substantially horizontal so that an optical axis is not coincide with the optical axes of the other first lights.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An asperity detection device for an aluminum can which detects asperity of the aluminum can at a top surface of a mouth section during single-row conveyance, the can having the mouth section in which a curl portion is formed by curling an aperture end of the mouth section outward so that a cap with liner is attached to the mouth section, comprising:
first lighting devices which irradiate a first light horizontal to the top surface of the mouth section from a side of the aluminum can;
a second lighting device which irradiates a second light vertical to the top surface of the mouth section from above the aluminum can; and
an imaging device which is arranged above the aluminum can, photographs the top surface of the mouth section, and detects reflection at the top surface,
wherein three or more first lighting devices are arranged with even intervals in a circumferential direction around a periphery of the mouth section so as to irradiate the first light to the top surface from a side of the mouth section along tangent lines of a cylindrical surface of the mouth section horizontal so that each of optical axes of the first light does not coincide with another optical axes of the first light and each of irradiation positions of the first light is shifted from another irradiation positions of the first light.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The asperity detection device for an aluminum can according to claim 1, wherein the first light and the second light are monochromatic lights and are complementary with each other.