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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, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Martin Stiller, Verden, DE;
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53462 ; 53207 ; 493 10 ; 250200 ; 25055912 ;
Abstract
Process and apparatus for producing packs and for transporting blanks (10), for producing the packs, along a conveying path (11). For the purpose of monitoring and/or for the optoelectronic sensing of the blanks (10), monitoring elements (15) with sensors (16, 17) are arranged in the region of the conveying path (11). The blanks (10) are guided in the region of the monitoring element (15) such that the blanks (10) are moved beyond at least one of the sensors (16, 17) with sliding abutment, in order for the sensor to be cleaned constantly.