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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:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rod Livingston, Richmond, IN (US);
Robert Roczynski, Cheshire, CT (US);
Assignee:
Record Products of America, Inc., Hamden, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/188 ; H01J 4/014 ; G06M 3/00 ; G06M 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/188 ; H01J 4/014 ; G06M 3/00 ; G06M 9/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a portable counter and corresponding method for counting articles arranged in a stack, like compact discs and dvds. The portable nature of the counter enables the counter to be brought and placed adjacent to the stack of discs, which are often times relatively much heavier than the counter, for providing an accurate count of the discs. The counter further employs several error checking type functions, which serves to insure and enhance the accuracy of the count, as well as alert the user of potential problems.