Patent ID: 8371343

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a feeder configured and arranged to provide a plurality of one-way degassing valves to be installed on corresponding containers to thereby facilitate the degasification of contents of the containers; a fixture configured and arranged to place a viscous liquid in each of the plurality of one-way degassing valves to provide a corresponding plurality of installable one-way degassing valves; an image capture device that is configured and arranged to capture an image of at least a portion of at least some of the plurality of installable one-way degassing valves; and a control circuit operably coupled to the image capture device and configured and arranged to automatically and non-destructively determine for the at least some of the plurality of installable one-way degassing valves, prior to installation on the corresponding containers, by using the image captured by the image capture device, whether the viscous liquid has been properly placed.