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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. 15, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Bernard Morisod, Crissier, CH;
Assignee:
Bobst SA, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
377-8 ; 235 / ; 271262 ; 340674 ; 340676 ;
Abstract
A counting device for counting the number of objects such as folded box blanks in a flow of folded box blanks characterized by a sensor having a portion engaging a leading edge of a blank in the flow and being moved to activate a pulse generating device. The device also includes an arrangement to lift the portion of the sensor out of engagement after the pulse has been generated to enable resetting the pulse generator and engaging the next following object of the flow.