Inspection equipment for mouth section of bottle-can

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9057708
APP PUB NO 20140098365A1
SERIAL NO

14123986

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Inspection equipment for mouth section of bottle-can, including: a rotating device which holds and rotates the bottle-can around a can-axis; a first illumination device which irradiates a first illumination light toward the curl portion in an imaging area; a second illumination device which irradiates a second illumination light having a different light color from that of the first illumination light toward the curl portion from an opposite side to the first illumination light with the imaging area therebetween; a third illumination device which irradiates a third illumination light having a different light color along an intersecting direction with the first and second illumination lights; an imaging device which is disposed toward the imaging area and obtains an inspection image including reflected lights at the curl portion; and an asperity-recognition device which detects an edge position of the curl portion based on the reflected light of the third illumination light.

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KURASHIKI BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA7-1 HOMMACHI KURASHIKI-SHI OKAYAMA 710-0054
UNIVERSAL CAN CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kurosawa, Akio Neyagawa, JP 3 23
Sota, Tadayuki Neyagawa, JP 3 23

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