US Patent Issued to INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS on Oct. 28 for "Hybrid starwheel system for inspecting an empty bottle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,422, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS COMPANY LTD. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Hybrid starwheel system for inspecting an empty bottle" was invented by Darin Cerny (Hayward, Calif.), Robert T. Catalanotti Jr. (Lakewood, Calif.), Justin McJones (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Dave Petersen (Torrance, Calif.), Ranch Peterson (Torrance, Calif.), Andy Barmeyer (Orange, Calif.) and Ron Wilson (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for inspecting bottles includes a conveyor conveying bottles at a first speed. A starwheel, rotating at a second speed, less than the first speed, receives each bottle. Sensor...