Improvements in automated bottle inspection apparatus and methods
CA 2453935 A1 · Owner: Rutledge, Thomas Scott · Inventors: Rutledge, Thomas Scott
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Apparatus is provided to conduct an automated foam pick operation on a production bottling, line, to withdraw a biased sample of suspect bottles based on abnormal foam characteristics, which sample is then directed to an automated full bottle inspection operation that is set to, monitor bottles at a statistically validated sampling rate. A method fur conducting automated, foam picking and candling in tandem operations is also provided.
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- Filed December 22, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 22, 2023.
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