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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:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Hansen, Elmira, NY (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Industries, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 356428 ; 209526 ;
Abstract
A display generator presents a plot of rate of change of light intensity vs. number of containers and a threshold is located along this plot to separate acceptable from unacceptable containers. A rejection controller receives this threshold data and rejects containers having a higher intensity rate of change.