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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley J. Boguszewski, Russell, MA (US);
Joseph W. Quinn, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
ABB Automation Inc., Wickliffe, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/100 ; G01N 3/100 ; G01N 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/100 ; G01N 3/100 ; G01N 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for aligning the axis of a mirror of a carbon in ash sensor. The method first executes a series of steps that causes a stepper motor connected to an axis of the mirror to move the mirror through a first coarse alignment procedure and then executes a second series of steps that that moves the mirror through a second fine alignment procedure.