A turn controllable inspection table which have a step between a portion where
mount sections on which respective objects being inspected are mounted are formed
along a circumference and an inside portion thereof, so that light from a light
source illuminating a side face portion of each object being inspected is allowed
to be incident on at least a side face region including a bottom portion of a side
face of each object being inspected in a direction perpendicular to the side face
region is provided. Further, clamps for fixing the respective objects being inspected
onto the mount sections by pressing a head portion of each object being inspected
with a top board made of a transparent member, so that inspection is possible across
an entire region from all directions including directions from above and sideways
of each object being inspected are provided. Consequently, it is possible to provide
an inspecting apparatus for a foreign matter capable of eliminating a blind spot
in an illuminated region and a pictured region of an object being inspected, and
capable of detecting the presence or absence of a suspended foreign matter inside
a container as a an object being inspected at a high accuracy without stopping
the production line, and an inspecting mechanism thereof.
