Patent ID: 9170213
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A61J,B65B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A sensor apparatus for a packaging machine, the sensor apparatus comprising: a sensing area; at least one positioning element for positioning a container in the sensing area, the container configured to be filled with a filling material and having a longitudinal axis; a restraint element; at least one X-ray radiation source configured to generate a radiation, the at least one X-ray radiation source configured to pass the radiation through the container at a right angle to the longitudinal axis; at least one detector for detection of the radiation; an evaluation device that is configured to perform digital data evaluation; wherein the at least one positioning element is in the form of a feed element, which is tubular or in the form of a shaft, and through which the radiation can pass in a radiation lobe from the at least one X-ray radiation source, and the feed element is radiolucent in at least the sensing area; and wherein the feed element is aligned essentially vertically and the restraint element is associated with the feed element and prevents the container from falling out of the feed element; and wherein the at least one detector is arranged opposite the at least one X-ray radiation source and detects the radiation from the at least one X-ray radiation source after the radiation has passed through the container, and the at least one detector is in the form of an image-evaluating detector and interacts with the evaluation device.