公开(公告)号：US5422476A

公开(公告)日：1995-06-06

申请号：US121796

申请日：1993-09-15

申请人： Gary C. Weber ,  Timothy W. Shay ,  Mark P. Claypool

发明人： Gary C. Weber ,  Timothy W. Shay ,  Mark P. Claypool

IPC分类号： C03B35/00 ,  G01N21/90 ,  G01N9/04

CPC分类号： G01N21/9009

摘要： A machine for inspecting a container has an inspection conveyor for gripping and conveying containers delivered thereto at one speed. A feed conveyor delivers containers to the inspection conveyor at a slower speed. A container sensed on the inspection conveyor is brought to a stop at a selected location so that an inspection can take place.

摘要翻译： 用于检查容器的机器具有检查输送器，用于以一个速度夹持和输送输送到其中的容器。 进料输送机以较慢的速度将容器输送到检查输送机。 在检查输送机上感测到的容器在选定位置停止，从而可以进行检查。

公开(公告)号：US5028769A

公开(公告)日：1991-07-02

申请号：US481714

申请日：1990-02-15

申请人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Gary C. Weber ,  Timothy W. Shay ,  Paul F. Scott

发明人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Gary C. Weber ,  Timothy W. Shay ,  Paul F. Scott

IPC分类号： B07C5/34 ,  G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10831 ,  B07C5/3412 ,  G06K7/10861 ,  B65G2201/0244

摘要： Apparatus for reading code elements which are relieved from a container. A source of light projects normally at the code elements while the container is rotated to sequentially illuminate each of the code elements. A sensor receives light which is reflected approximately normal to the surface of the container but avoids light which is reflected from the surface of each code element at an appreciable angle relative to the normal. The intensity of the reflections from regions of said container not containing a code element are relatively large compared to reflections received from portions of the container surface containing a code element and a threshold is set therebetween.

摘要翻译： 用于读取从容器中释放的代码元素的装置。 光源通常在代码元素处运行，同时容器旋转以依次照亮每个代码元素。 传感器接收大致垂直于容器表面反射的光，但是避免了以相对于法线的相当角度从每个代码元件的表面反射的光。 与从包含代码元素的容器表面的部分接收的反射相比，不包含代码元素的所述容器的区域的反射强度相对较大，并且在它们之间设置阈值。

公开(公告)号：US4494656A

公开(公告)日：1985-01-22

申请号：US481176

申请日：1983-04-01

申请人： Timothy W. Shay ,  Mark P. Claypool

发明人： Timothy W. Shay ,  Mark P. Claypool

IPC分类号： B65G43/08 ,  B07C5/12 ,  B07C5/342 ,  G01B11/24 ,  G01V8/12 ,  B07C5/00 ,  C03B35/00

CPC分类号： G01V8/12 ,  B07C5/126

摘要： Inspection of a procession of ware such as bottles on a moving conveyor for "down" bottles and bottles which are "stuck" and tilted is accomplished by maintaining an average of detected dimensions for acceptable bottles and by comparing a sensor signal which is indicative of bottle dimension to thresholds which are preselected percentages of the average. Variations in detected bottle dimension, due to different or changing production conditions or variations in conveyor speed, are automatically compensated for.

摘要翻译： 检查诸如瓶子在移动的输送机上的“下”瓶和瓶被“卡住”和倾斜的瓶子是通过维持可接受的瓶子的检测尺寸的平均值来实现的，并且通过比较指示瓶子的传感器信号 维度为预先选择的平均百分比的阈值。 由于不同或不断变化的生产条件或输送机速度的变化，检测到的瓶子尺寸的变化被自动补偿。

公开(公告)号：US06296123B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-02

申请号：US09694471

申请日：2000-10-23

申请人： Saeid Zakeri ,  Mark P. Claypool ,  William J. Furnas

发明人： Saeid Zakeri ,  Mark P. Claypool ,  William J. Furnas

IPC分类号： B07C500

CPC分类号： B07C5/3408 ,  B07C5/361 ,  B07C5/365

摘要： A bottle reject system comprising a conveyor for carrying formed bottles, a first rejector operated at a time selected so that a defective bottle will be removed from the conveyor, a first sensor for confirming that the operation of the first rejector removed a bottle from the conveyor, and a second rejector operable at a time selected so that in the event the defective bottle was not removed from the conveyor when the first rejector operated, the defective bottle would be removed by operation of the second rejector at that time, and a control for operating the second rejector at the selected time, in the event that the first sensor fails to confirm that the operation of the first rejector removed a bottle from the conveyor.

摘要翻译： 一种瓶子排出系统，包括用于承载成形瓶子的输送机，在选定的时间操作的第一卸料器，使得有缺陷的瓶子将从输送机中移出;第一传感器，用于确认第一卸料器的操作从输送机移除瓶子 ，以及第二排料器，其可选择的时间可操作，使得当第一卸料器操作时，在有缺陷的瓶子未从输送机上移除的情况下，有缺陷的瓶子将通过第二卸料器的操作被去除，并且控制 在所选择的时间操作第二排料器，如果第一传感器不能确认第一卸料器的操作从输送机上取下瓶子的情况。

公开(公告)号：US4929828A

公开(公告)日：1990-05-29

申请号：US161623

申请日：1988-02-29

申请人： Mark P. Claypool

发明人： Mark P. Claypool

IPC分类号： G01N21/90

CPC分类号： G01N21/9054 ,  G01N2021/4742

摘要： Apparatus for detecting line-over defects at the finish of a glassware container. A bifurcated fiber optic bundle includes sender and receiver fiber branches; one of the branches terminates at a modulated visible red high intensity LED light source, the other at a photosensor. The non-bifurcated, probe end of the fiber optic cable terminates in a rectangular pattern of sending and receiving fibers in a random mix. The probe end of the fiber optic bundle is positioned directly over the container finish and pointed straight down. An intervening lens assembly produces a focused 1:1 image of the rectangular pattern at the bottle finish with the long axis of the rectangle oriented radially across the finish. An electronic assembly modulates the LED, demodulates the photodetector output, and detects sharp reductions in the intensity of light reflected back to the receiver fibers, indicative of line-over defects.

公开(公告)号：US4672200A

公开(公告)日：1987-06-09

申请号：US795376

申请日：1985-11-05

申请人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Patrick T. Battersby

发明人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Patrick T. Battersby

IPC分类号： G01B11/02 ,  G01N21/90 ,  H01J5/16

CPC分类号： G01N21/90 ,  G01B11/02

摘要： Method and apparatus for optical inspection of transparent layers such as the wall of glass and plastic containers, using bifurcated fiber optic probes. One or more of such fiber optic probes are directed at the wall of a transparent container, and light emitted thereby is selectively reflected from both the inner and outer surfaces of the container wall. Each probe includes a pair of bifurcated fiber optic bundles which are disposed at different distances behind a 1:1 lens system, resulting in two focal points at different distances from the fiber optic probe. Relative motion of the inner and outer wall surfaces between these focal points results in measurable variations of the probe output signals, which variations may be interpreted to track wall thickness and concentricity. An alternative detection scheme uses a probe with a single bifurcated bundle, and reciprocates such probe relative to the container wall while measuring the separation of null points of the output signal.

摘要翻译： 用于光学检查透明层的方法和装置，例如玻璃和塑料容器的壁，使用分叉的光纤探针。 一个或多个这样的光纤探针被引导到透明容器的壁上，并且由此发射的光从容器壁的内表面和外表面被选择性地反射。 每个探头包括一对分叉的光纤束，它们设置在1：1透镜系统后面的不同距离处，导致与光纤探头不同距离的两个焦点。 这些焦点之间的内壁和外壁表面的相对运动导致探针输出信号的可测量变化，这些变化可被解释为跟踪壁厚度和同心度。 替代检测方案使用具有单个分叉束的探针，并且在测量输出信号的零点的分离的同时相对于容器壁往复运动这样的探针。

公开(公告)号：US06371580B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-16

申请号：US09694470

申请日：2000-10-23

申请人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Thomas M. Beiswenger ,  Peter Wirz ,  Janusz Konaszewski

发明人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Thomas M. Beiswenger ,  Peter Wirz ,  Janusz Konaszewski

IPC分类号： A47B5300

CPC分类号： G01N21/9009

摘要： A glass container forming machine has a machine base with a vertical front wall which includes a console assembly. This assembly has vertical front and rear box halves which are hingedly connected at the bottom and releasably connected at the top. The rear box is connected to the machine base via vertical hinges so that the console assembly can be pivoted away from the machine base. A console unit having a console screen is hingedly connected at the top proximate the top of the rear box half and the front box half includes vertically extending channels and the bottom of the console unit has followers for following the channels so that as the front box half is pivoted from a closed position whereat the box halves are closed, away from the rear box half to an open position, the console unit will be displaced from an initial position located between the closed front and rear box halves to a final position with the screen exposed and horizontal.

摘要翻译： 玻璃容器成型机具有机器底座，其具有包括控制台组件的垂直前壁。 该组件具有垂直的前半部和后半部，其在底部铰接连接并且在顶部可释放地连接。 后箱通过垂直铰链连接到机座，使控制台组件能够远离机座。 具有控制台屏幕的控制台单元在靠近后箱半部的顶部的顶部铰接地连接，并且前箱半部分包括垂直延伸的通道，并且控制台单元的底部具有用于跟随通道的跟随器，使得作为前箱半 从关闭的位置枢转，在该关闭位置，盒半部封闭，从后箱半部离开到打开位置，控制台单元将从位于封闭的前后半盒之间的初始位置移动到具有屏幕的最终位置 暴露和水平。

公开(公告)号：US4653628A

公开(公告)日：1987-03-31

申请号：US841032

申请日：1986-03-17

申请人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Gary C. Weber

发明人： Mark P. Claypool ,  Gary C. Weber

IPC分类号： B65G47/244 ,  B65G47/24

CPC分类号： B65G47/244 ,  B65G2203/042

摘要： A container orienting apparatus suitable for flasks and other non-cylindrical containers comprising a pair of continuously moving counter-rotating parallel belts for engaging opposite sides of the finish and/or neck of each container and for rotating each container a predetermined amount by changing the relative speeds of the belts for a predetermined time period. The amount of rotation necessary to rotate each container to a common second orientation is determined by a programmable controller responsive to orientation sensors which determine which one of a number of discrete first orientations each container is in prior to engagement by the belts. The controller contains in memory a plurality of predetermined instruction sets corresponding to the various possible container orientations and the amount of rotation which is required to achieve a predetermined common second orientation. Each instruction set comprises that set of control signals which must be applied to the motors and clutches affecting belt motion to achieve a desired orientation.

摘要翻译： 一种适用于烧瓶和其他非圆柱形容器的容器定向装置，包括一对连续移动的反向旋转平行带，用于接合每个容器的表面和/或颈部的相对侧，并且通过改变相对位置来旋转每个容器预定量 皮带的速度达预定时间段。 将每个容器旋转到公共第二取向所需的旋转量由响应于定向传感器的可编程控制器确定，所述定向传感器确定每个容器在与带接合之前的多个离散的第一取向中的哪一个。 控制器在存储器中包含多个预定指令集，其对应于各种可能的容器取向和实现预定公共第二取向所需的旋转量。 每个指令集包括必须施加到电机的控制信号集合和影响带运动的离合器以实现期望的取向。

公开(公告)号：US4488648A

公开(公告)日：1984-12-18

申请号：US375644

申请日：1982-05-06

申请人： Mark P. Claypool

发明人： Mark P. Claypool

IPC分类号： G01B11/00 ,  G01B11/30 ,  G01N21/90 ,  G06T7/00 ,  B07C5/34 ,  H04N7/02

CPC分类号： G01N21/8851 ,  G01N21/9054 ,  G06T7/0006 ,  G06T2207/30164

摘要： Container flaws are detected by repetitively sampling the output of a photosensor at a controlled rate dependent on the speed of inspection. Samples are digitized and stored in memory on a first in, first out basis. First in (oldest) and last in (newest) samples are used to provide a sliding computation of the slope or rate of change of the photosensor output. The computed slope is compared to an empirically determined preselected number. Containers are rejected or accepted based on the results of the comparison.

摘要翻译： 通过根据检查速度以受控的速率重复地对光电传感器的输出进行采样来检测容器缺陷。 样品被数字化并以先进先出的方式存储在存储器中。 首先在（最旧的）和最后的（最新）样本中用于提供光电传感器输出的斜率或变化率的滑动计算。 将计算出的斜率与经验确定的预选数字进行比较。 根据比较结果，容器被拒绝或接受。