MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517025158 A) filed by Industrial Dynamics Company, Ltd., Torrance, U.S.A., on March 20, for 'a hybrid starwheel system for inspecting an empty bottle.'
Inventor(s) include Cerny, Darin; Catalanotti, Bob; Mcjones, Justin; Petersen, Dave; Peterson, Ranch; Barmeyer, Andy; and Wilson, Ron.
The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system for inspecting bottles includes a conveyor conveying bottles at a first speed. A starwheel, rotating at a second speed, less than the first speed, receives each bottle. Sensors are disposed adjacent the starwheel for detecting at least one of a residual liquid in the bottle and a defect in the bottle. The starwheel deposits each bottle on the conveyor at a downstream position. An outer sidewall inspection system, disposed along the path, has a first camera assembly and a second camera assembly disposed along the path and each bottle passes therebetween. A first belt is disposed along the conveyor in facing relation with a second belt to rotate the bottle. The outer sidewall inspection system has a third camera assembly and a fourth camera assembly disposed along the path, downstream of the first belt; each bottle passing between the third camera assembly and the fourth camera assembly."
The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 18, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/030559.
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