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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Avishai Nevel, Providence, RI (US);
John B Lawson, Providence, RI (US);
Kendall W Gordon, Jr, North Kingstown, RI (US);
David Bonneau, West Boylston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., Central Falls, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356385 ; 25055924 ; 356429 ;
Abstract
A system for electronically comparing yarn lengths to assist in grading yarn appearance quality in which the yarn diameter at a number of locations along the total length of the yarn is determined, and representations of the diameters of the yarn are displayed to allow comparison of portions of the yarn.