US Patent Issued to PELLENC SELECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES on May 13 for "Device for inspecting objects in a moving flow and machine comprising such a device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,120, issued on May 13, was assigned to PELLENC SELECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (Pertuis, France).

"Device for inspecting objects in a moving flow and machine comprising such a device" was invented by Antoine Bourely (La Tour d'Aigues, France) and Nicolas Grotus (Aix-en-Provence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device (1) for inspecting objects (2) moving in a flow (F) on a surface (3) moving in a direction (D), this device (1) comprising a lighting means (4) providing an illuminated strip (6) at the surface (3), a detection means (7) having an optical axis (AO) and, finally, a means (8) for processing ...