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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:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred Levko, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Thomas P Speas, Jr, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250566 ; 209583 ; 382-8 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting proper arrangements of fuses (10) in fuseblock (70). A scanner (80) detects a chemical material in fuse (10) and identifies the material and correlates the material to a proper amperage rating. The arrangements of different amperage rating fuses in the block is automatically compared to a standard by a microprocessor or computer to determine if fuse location is proper.