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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:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles J Cushing, Charlotte, NC (US);
Clifton W Phillips, Charlotte, NC (US);
Richard D VanderNeut, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356431 ; 250559 ; 250571 ;
Abstract
A flying spot scanner is utilized to scan a beam of laser radiation along a fixed spacial path on a moving web material. An optical detector assembly is positioned to receive radiation reflected from individual elements of the web to produce an electrical signal which is processed to determine and monitor the number of the individual web elements per unit length.