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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard James Lynch, Peabody, MA (US);
John L. Colfer, Dracut, MA (US);
Thomas K. Hebert, Groveland, MA (US);
John W. Edwards, Jr., Clinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method, which is implemented via software on a computer, configures punches to be used on a web or sheet handling machine. The method includes: determining a queue of jobs to be processed on the machine; gathering setup information for each job; defining a punch configuration for each job; establishing punch sharing between jobs; and generating one or more punch configuration files for each job. The method can be transferred to a computerized controller via a computer-readable medium containing punch configuration code.