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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2008
Eric W. Bader, Doylestown, PA (US);
Timothy Goszka, Emmaus, PA (US);
James Baird, Fogelsville, PA (US);
John R. Shaffer, Schnecksville, PA (US);
Richard J. Sterner, Allentown, PA (US);
Eric W. Bader, Doylestown, PA (US);
Timothy Goszka, Emmaus, PA (US);
James Baird, Fogelsville, PA (US);
John R. Shaffer, Schnecksville, PA (US);
Richard J. Sterner, Allentown, PA (US);
Muller Martini Corp., Hauppauge, NY (US);
Abstract
A system uses a plurality of sensors to detect and manage conditions within a moving pocket, such as a pocket carrying a flat product from one location to another. The system is particularly useful in connection with a newspaper insert machine. One sensor detects whether the product has been opened properly at a particular time; another sensor detects whether the product has been properly gripped by a gripper at a particular time; another sensor detects whether the pocket is empty at a particular time and another sensor detects whether the pocket is open or closed at a particular time. In the event an error condition is detected, the error condition is corrected by a control system.