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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Michael Dean, St. Paul, MN (US);
Christopher Dales, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Charles Dolezalek, Stacy, MN (US);
Michael Dean, St. Paul, MN (US);
Christopher Dales, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Charles Dolezalek, Stacy, MN (US);
Banner Engineering Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing a fork sensor including an emitter, a receiver, and at least one lens assembly wherein the width of the effective beam does not depend upon the size of the emitter or the receiver. One aspect of the present invention is a method for detecting or counting the number of objects interrupting the effective beam of the fork sensor. Another aspect of the present invention is a method for measuring the dimensions of objects using the fork sensor.