Patent ID: 7474392

Claim:
Inspection device for inspecting eggs or fruit with a substantially spherical surface, comprising: a conveyor adapted to convey a plurality of eggs or fruit placed next to each other in a direction transverse to the conveying direction, at least one camera for observing the eggs or fruit on the conveyor, a box having a mirroring surface which is positioned above the conveyor and in which the at least one camera is accommodated, the mirroring surface consisting essentially of four reflective side wall mirrors having a coefficient of reflection of at least 0.8, where the four reflective side wall mirrors are side walls that define the box, and a light source which is accommodated in the box opposite the conveyor for illuminating the eggs or fruit from above, the light source having a substantially even light plane directed towards the inside of the box, and which light source, as a result of the mirroring side walls, recurs on all sides so as to provide uniform illumination of the eggs or fruit on the conveyor from all sides.