Apparatus for examining the external appearance of solid articles

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PATENT NO 5463465
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08272571

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In an appearance examination apparatus for solid article such as capsules, tablets and the like, the solid articles are all oriented in the horizontal direction in the same manner in a plurality of feeding lines while they are transferred from a hopper to a feeding drum, a first restriction drum and a second restriction drum. The solid articles are continuously supplied to an examination drum which intermittently rotates at predetermined time intervals. The solid articles are held in predetermined positions between first and second examination rollers and are always rotated. An image pick-up device observes the entire surface of the solid articles and the inferior articles are removed.

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SHIONOGI QUALICAPS CO LTDYAMATOKORIYAMA-SHI NARA 639-1032

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kawaguchi, Yoshihisa Kashihara, JP 11 90
Konishi, Hirokazu Sakurai, JP 38 547
Nagao, Akira Tenri, JP 19 136
Yamamoto, Taizo Osaka, JP 74 906

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