| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6167751 |
Leak analysis |
January 2, 2001 |
| A container with a flexible membrane sealed to a container end may be tested for leaks as the container moves along a conveyor. The conveyor carries the container through a first region in which a negative pressure differential is established between the first region and the interior of |
| 6130093 |
Water container inspection |
October 10, 2000 |
| An apparatus is used to determine whether a container moving along a conveyor is suitable for storing water. The apparatus includes a sampler that obtains a sample from the interior of the container as the container moves along the conveyor. A PID is connected to the sampler to receive t |
| 6057162 |
Disease diagnosis by vapor sample analysis |
May 2, 2000 |
| Diagnosing disease in a body by analyzing a sample from the body for the presence of sulfur compounds. |
| 5864600 |
Container fill level and pressurization inspection using multi-dimensional images |
January 26, 1999 |
| A container inspection system for inspecting a moving container includes a radiation source positioned to direct radiation at the moving container. A radiation detector is positioned to receive a portion of the radiation from the radiation source that is not absorbed or blocked by the mo |
| 5808178 |
High speed gas chromatography |
September 15, 1998 |
| A high speed gas chromatography system includes a heated isothermal region and a gas chromatography column located externally to the isothermal region. The system also includes a detector and a flow path between the column and the detector. At least a portion of the flow path is position |
| 5760314 |
Vapor and particle sampling |
June 2, 1998 |
| A sampling apparatus collects sample air from a subject such as a person. The apparatus includes a bypass that divides the sample air stream into a bypass portion and a collector portion. The collector portion of the air stream is delivered to a collector, which traps entrained particles |
| 5753832 |
Vapor and particle sampling |
May 19, 1998 |
| In a contact-type vapor and particle sampling apparatus for collecting vapor or particles from a moving subject, a wand having a plurality of sampling holes is oriented so that the holes extend in the direction of movement of the subject. The external width of the wand is less than a |
| 5602890 |
Container fill level and pressurization inspection using multi-dimensional images |
February 11, 1997 |
| A container inspection system for inspecting a moving container includes a radiation source positioned to direct radiation at the moving container. A radiation detector is positioned to receive a portion of the radiation from the radiation source that is not absorbed or blocked by the mo |
| 5566569 |
Detection of unpressurized moving containers |
October 22, 1996 |
| To detect an unpressurized moving container, a fluid such as air is directed at the moving container. Thereafter, a level of deflection of the moving container resulting from the directed fluid is detected. An unpressurized container is indicated when the detected level of deflection |
| 5558836 |
Emission detection systems for determining the presence of contaminants |
September 24, 1996 |
| A detection system for detecting the emission (i.e., the fluorescence or phosphorescence) from a contaminant contained in a sample gas. In order to keep the optics of the system clean and maintain a high signal-to-noise ratio in the detected signal, the detection system contains a housin |
| 5536935 |
Detection of foaming contaminants in containers using image processing |
July 16, 1996 |
| To detect a foaming contaminant in a moving container, an image of the moving container and any contents thereof is produced. Thereafter, image processing techniques are used to determine levels of low and high frequency spatial variations in intensity in the image. The levels of low |
| 5528036 |
Spectral detection of contaminants in containers |
June 18, 1996 |
| To spectrally detect a contaminant in a moving container, a set of reference spectral information related to one or more containers having known contents is stored. Thereafter, radiant energy is directed at liquid near the bottom of the container so that the radiant energy is modified by |
| 5510620 |
Detection of turbid or foaming contaminants in containers |
April 23, 1996 |
| To detect a contaminant in a moving container, radiant energy is directed into the moving container. Thereafter, a level of radiant energy scattered by contents of the moving container is detected. The presence of a contaminant is indicated when the detected level of scattered radiant |
| 5493890 |
Apparatus and method for calibrating vapor/particle detection devices |
February 27, 1996 |
| A method and apparatus for calibrating contraband vapor/particle detection devices is described. The invention includes a desorb site onto which may be deposited solutions containing known concentrations of one or more of the specific compounds to be detected. The desorb site, which may |
| 5486693 |
Detection of turbid contaminants in containers by detecting scattered radiant energy |
January 23, 1996 |
| To detect a turbid contaminant in a moving container, radiant energy having a wavelength that is absorbed by contents of the moving container that include the turbid contaminant at a different level than energy having the wavelength is absorbed by contents of the moving container that in |
| 5388705 |
Rejector system for conveyor line |
February 14, 1995 |
| An in-line ram rejector system particularly for high speed bottling lines with unspaced plastic containers relies on a multi-beam optical system to keep track of the containers between a contamination detection station and a rejector station equipped with a ram rejector. The rejection st |
