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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. 30, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin Peter Brotherston, Hampshire, GB;
Martin Lane, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
De La Rue International Limited, Basingstroke, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
Abstract
A sheet transport system comprises a plurality of separately driven transport sections ( ), each transport section being driven by a respective motor or motors ( ). A control system ( ) controls operation of the motors ( ). A monitoring system ( ) monitors the performance of the motors, the control system being responsive to the monitoring system to maintain correct operation of the motors.