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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:
Feb. 13, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael F Kozempel, Hatfield, PA (US);
Wolfgang K Heiland, Trevose, PA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23P / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426231 ; 264 407 ; 425135 ; 425149 ; 426233 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are processes and apparatus utilizing, choke means at least partially providing restriction to passage of material and measurement of magnitude of force(s) exterted on said choke means by passage of material, to provide: (1) an indication of characteristics of the material, and/or; (2) control of said passage of material and/or control or processes or apparatus associated with said passage of material in response to the magnitude of the measured force(s).