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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. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl Conrad Maeder, Hinwil, CH;
Assignee:
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 1/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for counting flexible flat objects, such as printed products, which are conveyed in an overlapping formation. A detection device counts the objects as they are being conveyed, and comprises an insertion element which is moved in the direction of conveyance at a speed greater than the conveying speed of the objects so as to catch up with an object and interact with an end section of the object, and a detection element which emits a signal to a counter when the insertion element interacts with an end section of an object.