Patent ID: 6711874
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B29C,B65B,G01M

Abstract:
A package inspecting system, which comprises:a packaging machine including a vertical sealing device for sealing opposite longitudinal side edges of a packaging material, which extend in a direction conforming to a direction of flow of the packaging material, together to render the packaging material into a tubular form, and an end sealing device for sealing an end of the tubular packaging material after articles have been filled in the tubular packaging material, to thereby provide a bagged product; a seal checker for inspecting a sealing condition of the packaging material of the bagged product; a bite detecting means provided in the packaging machine for detecting whether or not the articles are bitten in the end of the packaging material; and a determining means for determining the presence or absence of an abnormal condition or a content of abnormality in each of the sealing devices according to a combination, of both, of a result of detection performed by the bite detecting means and a result of inspection performed by the seal checker with respect to the same bagged product.