Global Patent Index - EP 4356116 A1

EP 4356116 A1 20240424 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING FULL CONTAINERS

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING FULL CONTAINERS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VOLLBEHÄLTERINSPEKTION

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR INSPECTION DE CONTENANTS PLEINS

Publication

EP 4356116 A1 20240424 (DE)

Application

EP 22732233 A 20220609

Priority

  • DE 102021115493 A 20210615
  • EP 2022065732 W 20220609

Abstract (en)

[origin: CA3220259A1] The invention relates to a method for inspecting filled containers for foreign bodies, comprising: - providing a planar illuminating device designed to emit radiation which radiates through a container to be examined; - providing a detection device designed to detect the radiation which was emitted by the illuminating device and has radiated through the container and to create a photograph of the container on the basis of the detected radiation; - providing an evaluation device designed to evaluate the image created by the detection device; wherein the detection device is aimed, at an acute angle ? relative to the horizontal, at the bottom region (11) of the container (10) to be inspected, and wherein a foreign body (26) on the container bottom (11) is recognized as a local disturbance in the imaging photograph.

IPC 8 full level

G01N 21/90 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01N 21/41 (2013.01 - US); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01 - US); G01N 21/90 (2013.01 - US); G01N 21/9027 (2013.01 - EP); G01N 2021/8841 (2013.01 - US); G01N 2021/8845 (2013.01 - US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102021115493 A1 20221215; BR 112023024356 A2 20240206; CA 3220259 A1 20221222; CN 118056125 A 20240517; EP 4356116 A1 20240424; MX 2023015326 A 20240123; US 2024280504 A1 20240822; WO 2022263292 A1 20221222

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102021115493 A 20210615; BR 112023024356 A 20220609; CA 3220259 A 20220609; CN 202280042897 A 20220609; EP 2022065732 W 20220609; EP 22732233 A 20220609; MX 2023015326 A 20220609; US 202218569322 A 20220609