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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
James J Hinds, La Grange, IL (US);
Assignee:
National Can Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 340600 ; 340674 ;
Abstract
An article detection system utilizing optical transducers in a transducer housing designed to minimize detection errors and including additional circuitry for minimizing errors in the processing of the signal. The system produces an output for each article detected which is utilized in control circuitry for controlling external machine operations in response to various detected conditions.