US 9,176,071 B2Granted

Device, kit and method for inspection of an article

AssigneeBecton Dickinson France

InventorsRomain Weil, Patrick Prochaska

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device for inspecting the surface of an article having an edge with an end face, said device including: a support for supporting said article, a light source capable of emitting a light in a direction D, and a filter for stopping part of the light of said light source which is emitted or diffused out of direction D, said filter being provided with a hole intended to receive said article when said article is provided on said support, said support being positioned with respect to said light source and said filter so that, when said article is provided on said support, the end face of said edge is substantially perpendicular to said direction D. The invention also relates to a kit comprising such a device and to a method for inspecting the surface of the article.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A device for detecting a defect in or on a wall of an article having at least one end provided with an edge having an end face, said device comprising:

a support intended to support said article,
a light source capable of emitting a light at least in a direction D, and
a filter positioned with respect to said light source so as to stop at least part of the light of said light source which is emitted or diffused out of said direction D, said filter being provided with at least a hole intended to receive said article when said article is provided on said support,
wherein said support is positioned with respect to said light source and said filter so that, when said article is provided on said support, the end face of said edge is substantially perpendicular to said direction D, and
wherein said filter comprises an enclosure substantially surrounding said light source and said edge.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/643,201Filed 22 Apr 2011
Priority: EP 1030543826 Apr 2010
Published: US 2013/0057677 A17 Mar 2013
Granted: 3 Nov 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G01N 21/9081
In a container or its contents: inspection especially designed for plastic containers, e.g. preforms
G01N 21/90
Investigating the presence of flaws or contamination: in a container or its contents
G01N
Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties