ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,379, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to QUALICAPS Co. LTD..
"Apparatus for inspecting appearance of capsule" was invented by Kyosuke Ikeuchi (Yamatokoriyama, Japan) and Naoki Yoshimoto (Yamatokoriyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for inspecting an appearance of capsule 40 in which cap 42 is fitted to body 41 includes a carrying body that carries capsule 40 housed in housing part 33, contact body 34 that rotates capsule 40 carried inside housing part 33 due to a contact friction, imaging device 17 that takes an image of the capsule rotating, and a determination device that determines if the capsule is good or poor ...