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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:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Gutschmit, Troy, NC (US);
John C Queen, Monroe, NC (US);
Assignee:
Microtrak, Inc., Troy, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ; G07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66 / ; 66-8 ; 139 / ; 377 15 ;
Abstract
A compact, self-contained device for direct mounting on a knitting or other textile machine for monitoring and displaying the machine's operating efficiency. A first digital LED continuously displays machine operating efficiency. During machine operation, a second digital LED displays the number of previous machine stoppages and, during machine stoppages, displays the elapsed time of the prevailing machine stoppage. Operating switches permit selective display on the second LED of either the total elapsed time of device operation which forms the time base for the efficiency value or the duration of the longest previous machine stoppage.