Patent ID: 8208016

Claim:
Device ( 24 ) for automated visual monitoring of products P , in particular products of elongated shape, having at least one longitudinal axis ( 10 ) and advancing essentially continuously in a direction A that is essentially parallel to their longitudinal axis ( 10 ), whereby said device ( 24 ) comprises guiding means ( 26 ), automated visual monitoring means ( 24 ), and at least one reflective surface ( 32 ), whereby said guiding means ( 26 ) keep the products P during their passage in the field C by means of visual monitoring ( 28 ), said automated visual monitoring device ( 24 ) is characterized in that the guiding means ( 26 ), keeping the products P essentially immobile during the visual monitoring, comprise at least one slot ( 34 ) that is aligned with at least one reflective surface ( 32 ) that is arranged in the field C of the visual monitoring means ( 28 ) behind the site of passage of the products P .