Patent ID: 7308836

Claim:
Apparatus for inspecting articles of glassware at a plurality of inspection stations, including: a conveyor for communication with a supply of articles of glassware for sequential receipt of a plurality of articles of glassware, rotatable to move each received article of glassware to and away from inspection stations, and capable of discharging the received articles of glassware after the articles are inspected by one or more sensors at said inspection stations; at least one drive roller associated with at least one of said inspection stations to rotate articles of glassware at said one inspection station relative to said conveyor while said articles of glassware are at said one inspection station and said conveyor is stationary; and an inspection device disposed adjacent to the conveyor, spaced in between said inspection stations and adapted to inspect an article of glassware as each article of glassware is being moved by the conveyor and caused to pass by said inspection device.