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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. 20, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth W Dabisch, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
John S Richards, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235 / ; 235 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the non-contacting counting of newspapers and the like which are being transported in shingled or overlapped relationship by a continuous conveyor system, which apparatus includes, a source of radiant energy positioned to direct a stream of energy against the surface of the overlapped moving papers, energy sensors positioned to receive energy reflected from the surfaces of the papers at a plurality of locations and means responsive to the output from the sensors to derive a signal indicative of the number of papers passing beneath the source of radiant energy.