Patent ID: 8325226
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G01B,G01N,G03B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for inspecting an object comprising a table for supporting an object on a surface of the table or above the surface, a profile light for illuminating the object, a gantry supporting a camera and being slidably movable with respect to the surface of the table and including spaced apart support legs and a horizontal beam extending between the legs for supporting the camera above the object, fittings on the spaced apart support legs of the gantry for selectively releasably engaging the profile light; the profile light having mating fittings that are engageable with the fittings on the spaced apart support legs of the gantry for supporting the profile light beneath the object, and a dock on the table having fittings for releasably securing the profile light, the fittings of the dock and the fittings of the gantry being arranged so that the gantry can be moved to a position relative to the dock where the fittings of the dock engage the profile light so that the profile light may be selectively placed in and removed from the dock.