Patent ID: 8733151

Claim:
An apparatus for processing filled and closed plastic bottles, said apparatus comprising a testing device for testing said filled and closed plastic bottles, held on a closure side in a positionally stable manner, for leakage, said testing device comprising: a pressure-medium system having a nozzle, a controllable valve, and a pressure-medium source, said pressure-medium system being configured to direct a pressure-medium pulse of variable duration of less than 10 ms and presenting a pressure of more than 0.5 bar toward a bottle, thereby applying a punctiform load thereto, wherein said nozzle has a clear diameter that is no more than 2 mm and is disposed to be no more than 6 mm from a bottle wall region of said bottle at which said punctiform load is to be applied; a detection system having one of a light source and a laser distance sensor for illuminating or irradiating a bottle wall region concurrently with said pressure-medium pulse, and a camera for receiving data representative of the bottle wall region loaded with said pressure-medium pulse; and an evaluation and control unit connected to said controllable valve, said camera, and said light source for receiving, from said camera, said data representative of a portion of the filled and closed plastic bottle to which the punctiform load has been applied.