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Patent No.:

US 10564081 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2017

System and method for evaluating edge hardness of cementitious boards and system for stacking cementitious boards inlcuding same

Applicant:

United States Gypsum Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Leslie Eversole, Milton, PA (US);

Colin J. Fahey, Elysburg, PA (US);

Thomas Boyer, Bloomsburg, PA (US);

Craig Thomas Watson, McEwensville, PA (US);

Assignee:

UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorneys:

Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.

Philip T. Petti

Pradip K. Sahu

Primary Examiner:

John Fitzgerald

Assistant Examiner:

Truong D Phan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2006.01); B65G 57/10 (2006.01); B65G 57/11 (2006.01); B65G 57/18 (2006.01); B65G 57/112 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2013.01); B65G 57/10 (2013.01); B65G 57/112 (2013.01); B65G 57/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of a system and a method for determining an edge hardness value for a cementitious board can be used to effectively determine the hardness of the board after it has been made and dried at a predetermined location, such as, at a stacking station, for example. An actuator assembly can manipulate a punch such that the punch is inserted into one of the edges of one of the cementitious boards in the stacker in a controlled manner. A force gauge can be associated with the punch to measure the resistance force exerted by the cementitious board in response to the punch being inserted into its edge. The measured resistance force can be used to determine the edge hardness value.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Eversole, Leslie. (2020). System and method for evaluating edge hardness of cementitious boards and system for stacking cementitious boards inlcuding same (U.S. Patent No. 10564081). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10564081

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