Patent ID: 8708582
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An enclosure assembly for containing a camera, to be mounted on the frame of an optical inspection apparatus for scanning the profile of a surface of an article moving along a travel path axis, said profile being associated with a reference axis orthogonal to a reference plane parallel to said travel path axis, said camera being part of a profile sensor unit and has an optical sensing field directed toward said travel path axis to define a scanning zone associated with said surface as intersected by said optical sensing field, said profile sensor unit further having a laser source directing at angle with said optical sensing field a fan-shaped laser beam toward the scanning zone to define an associated scanning plane transverse to said travel path axis, to generate sensor output data related the profile of said article surface, said enclosure assembly comprising: an enclosure body secured to the apparatus frame and including a front end wall provided with an opening protected by an optical element made of light transparent material, and a device for mounting said camera within the enclosure body such that the camera has its optical sensing field directed toward said opening; and a device mechanically coupled to the enclosure body and configured for displacing thereof in a direction perpendicular to the profile reference axis and parallel to the scanning plane to adjust the position of the optical sensing field with respect to the scanning plane.