Patent ID: 6371580
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A glass container inspection machine comprising a machine base including a vertical front wall, said front wall including a console assembly includingvertical front and rear box halves hingedly connected at the bottom and releasably connected at the top, vertical hinge means for connecting the rear box to said machine base whereby said console assembly can be pivoted away from the machine base, a console unit having a console screen, said console unit hingedly connected at the top proximate the top of the rear box half, said front box half including vertically extending channel means and the bottom of said console unit having follower means for following said channel means so that as said 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, said 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 substantially horizontal.