APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FOREIGN MATTER IN CONTAINER

• Main Authors: OGAWA TERUMI, MIURA ATSUSHI, CHIBA KEITO, ASAHI YUKIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.11.2007
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the need for exchanging aligning mechanism parts for respective shapes and kinds of containers even if a plurality of kinds of containers are conveyed. SOLUTION: An apparatus for detecting a foreign matter in a container is provided, which photographs the container 1 being transparent and enclosing a liquid by using a photographing means 20 while conveying the container, and detects the foreign matter in the container by performing an image processing operation. A container aligning conveyor 14 is arranged, which aligns the container 1 conveyed on the upstream side of a position in a conveyor line where the photographing means 20 is set, and moves the container at a speed lower than a movement speed at which the container passes through the photographing means 20. An aligning/conveying auxiliary means is also arranged for moving the container which is conveyed from an aligning/conveying means, at a speed equal to the movement speed at which the container passes through the photographing means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT