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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. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William S Anthony, Greenville, MS (US);
Richard K Byler, Stoneville, MS (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73866 ; 73 73 ; 324694 ; 2503391 ; 25033911 ; 2503418 ; 422 8202 ; 422 8205 ;
Abstract
A system and method for measuring the stickiness of agricultural solids such as cotton is provided. A reference moisture level of a sample is measured in a manner not responsive to the presence of sugars. The sugar-based moisture content of the sample is measured by sensors responsive to the presence of sugars. The difference between the reference moisture level and the sugar-based moisture content provides a measure of the relative stickiness of the sample.