US 12,253,441 B2
Inspection system for a plurality of separable inspection objects
Christoph Kaiser, Herold (DE); and Hamid Reza Shojaei Mahllati, Wiesbaden (DE)
Assigned to LAW-NDT MESS- UND PRÜFSYSTEME GMBH, Schiesheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/920,482
Filed by LAW-NDT MESS- UND PRÜFSYSTEME GMBH, Schiesheim (DE)
PCT Filed May 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/062060
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224418, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 112 222.5 (DE), filed on May 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144348 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 1/18 (2006.01); G01N 1/14 (2006.01); G01N 27/87 (2006.01); G01N 27/90 (2021.01); G01N 27/904 (2021.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/18 (2013.01) [G01N 1/14 (2013.01); G01N 27/87 (2013.01); G01N 27/9006 (2013.01); G01N 27/904 (2013.01); G01N 35/00871 (2013.01); G01N 2001/002 (2013.01); G01N 2001/1436 (2013.01); G01N 2001/185 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00831 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inspection system configured for inspection of a plurality of separable inspection objects, comprising:
a feed device for the plurality of inspection objects,
a conveying device for the plurality of inspection objects,
an inspection unit and
an ejecting device,
wherein the feed device is configured and disposed such that the plurality of inspection objects can be fed by the feed device to a feed position of the conveying device,
wherein the conveying device comprises a plurality of receptacles, wherein each receptacle of the plurality of receptacles is configured and disposed such that exactly one inspection object of the plurality of inspection objects can be conveyed along a conveying path in said receptacle and that two respective inspection objects of the plurality of inspection objects have a spacing along the conveying path that is defined by the plurality of receptacles,
wherein the inspection unit is disposed at an inspection position on the conveying path and
wherein the ejecting device is disposed behind the inspection unit on the conveying path and is configured such that the plurality of inspection objects can be ejected from the plurality of receptacles of the conveying device by the ejecting device,
wherein the conveying device is configured such that the conveying path has at least one straight section and the inspection position is disposed on the at least one straight section, and
wherein the inspection unit comprises a housing having a defined installation space, wherein the housing can be releasably connected to the conveying device so that the inspection unit can be replaced with another inspection unit.