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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Pfu Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PFU LIMITED, Ishikawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/06 (2006.01); G01H 11/08 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); G01H 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 5/06 (2013.01); G01H 11/06 (2013.01); G01H 11/08 (2013.01); B65H 2404/144 (2013.01); B65H 2511/521 (2013.01); B65H 2515/50 (2013.01); B65H 2553/26 (2013.01); B65H 2553/61 (2013.01); B65H 2553/822 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fastening member detection device includes a contact structure that moves with respect to a medium while contacting the medium, a vibration detector that detects vibration that occur in the contact structure, and a controller that determines whether there is a fastening member that fastens the medium, based on the vibration.