Patent ID: 6510751
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B07C,G01N

Abstract:
A glass container inspection machine for inspecting a bottle having a selected height comprisinga machine frame, an inspection device including a vertical track member supported by said frame and having an upper fixed stop, a car vertically displaceable along said vertical track member, drivable means secured to said vertical track member for vertically displacing said car, motor means secured to said drivable means for driving said drivable means, an inspection head interconnected with said car, and a table having a top surface for supporting a glass container as the glass container is delivered to the inspection device, a control for operating said motor means to downwardly displace said inspection head to a ready position, said control comprising means for defining said ready position from data including first data indicative of the distance between said fixed stop and the top surface of said table and second data indicative of the height of the bottle.