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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2011
Applicants:

Steven C. Headley, Arlington, TX (US);

Alan M. Then, Plano, TX (US);

Rui Xu, Plano, TX (US);

Mark Rasmussen, Sulphur Springs, TX (US);

Inventors:

Steven C. Headley, Arlington, TX (US);

Alan M. Then, Plano, TX (US);

Rui Xu, Plano, TX (US);

Mark Rasmussen, Sulphur Springs, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/46 (2006.01); G01B 11/28 (2006.01); B65G 47/24 (2006.01); B41F 33/00 (2006.01); B65H 18/28 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); B65H 3/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); G01N 21/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 33/0036 (2013.01); B65H 3/14 (2013.01); B65H 18/28 (2013.01); B41P 2233/51 (2013.01); G01N 21/25 (2013.01); G01N 2021/845 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8917 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conveying apparatus for conveying an object, the object having at least a non-opaque portion, including a light source, an optical detector and a backing measurement apparatus, the light source for illuminating the object, the optical detector for acquiring information at least relating to at least one chromatic characteristic of the non-opaque portion, the backing measurement apparatus including a backing material, a backing support and a plurality of rollers, the backing material exhibiting at least one of determined chromatic characteristics and determined optical characteristics, the backing support for supporting the backing material, the plurality of rollers for rolling the backing material over the backing support, wherein light emitted by the light source optically interacts with the backing material consistently through the non-opaque portion.


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