ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,680, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG (Laupheim, Germany).
"Testing apparatus and method for testing containers" was invented by Michael Kronawitter (Laupheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing apparatus has at least one sensor for detecting foreign bodies in a container to be tested. The at least one sensor and/or at least one carrier element receiving the container are movable between a first arrangement and a second arrangement. In the first arrangement, the at least one sensor is arranged at a distance in the movement direction from the container. In the second arrangement, the a...