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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy D. Marangoni, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Patrick Smolinski, Wexford, PA (US);
Mark V. Loen, Steubenville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/00 ; G01C 2/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/00 ; G01C 2/106 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for aligning rolls, wherein a first structure, for being associated with a first roll, and a second structure, for being associated with a second roll are provided. A laser is associated with one of the two structures and a target is associated with the other of the two structures. The two structures, the laser and the target are adapted to indicate whether the two rolls exhibit an aligned condition with respect to one another. Also contemplated is a calibration unit for calibrating an alignment device, wherein the unit itself includes two model rolls.