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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439467 | Method and apparatus for processing outgoing bulk mail A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. The mail is serially fed from a stack of mail into a system transport. The system transport conveys the mail to an imaging station, which scans the mail to obtain image data corresponding to at least a portion ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7380669 | Apparatus and method for sorting and recombining minerals into a desired mixture A method and apparatus is employed to create a mixture having a desired composition. A raw material is separated in a pair of density separators into constituent parts. Those parts are then recombined in a desired fashion using a pair of splitters to create an inter... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7232687 | Multiple sorter monitor and control subsystem for flow cytometer An optical illumination and monitoring subsystem controls the operation of a flow cytometer having a carrier fluid that flows along a channel coupled to a droplet generator, which controls a point at which droplets break off from the carrier fluid, and a droplet sor... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6943692 | Apparatus and methods for on-line monitoring of fluorinated material in headspace of vial Apparatus and methods for monitoring the presence of an analyte in a closed vial wherein a sample contained within the closed vial is conveyed to an analyzer. The analyzer determines a value of a spectral property dependent on analyte concentration at a position wit... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6746873 | Vibratory system for a sorting flow cytometer A flow cytometry system is disclosed for oscillating the exterior of a flow cytometer nozzle. Oscillating the exterior of a flow cytometer nozzle at selected oscillations or a sweeping range of oscillations disintegrates particles and gas entrapped within the flow c... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6589792 | Method and apparatus for flow cytometry A flow cytometer (20) capable of utilizing an imaging system including a sensor (88) to determine various properties of the flow cytometer (20). Importantly, the imaging allows for determination of a drop delay time (154). Other characteristics that can b... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6372506 | Apparatus and method for verifying drop delay in a flow cytometer An apparatus and method for verifying the drop delay in a flow cytometer, which is indicative of the time that elapses from a moment at which a particle of interest is detected at an interrogation point in the flow of cytometer to the moment at which a so... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6248590 | Method and apparatus for flow cytometry A flow cytometer capable of utilizing an imaging system to determine various properties of the flow cytometer. Importantly, the imaging allows for determination of a drop delay time. Other characteristics that can be determined include at least the width ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6133044 | High speed flow cytometer droplet formation system and method A droplet forming flow cytometer system allows high speed processing without the need for high oscillator drive powers through the inclusion of an oscillator or piezoelectric crystal such as within the nozzle volume or otherwise unidirectionally coupled t... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6085912 | Apparatus for sorting and recombining minerals background of the invention An apparatus for separating a mixture of mineral particles and recombining the mineral particles in an alterable, controlled fashion to create a plurality of products each having a predetermined, desired particle size distribution.... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5916449 | Method and arrangement for monitoring a separating liquid stream A method and an arrangement by which separating liquid streams, such as occur for example in cell sorters, are monitored automatically. An image of the separating liquid streams is recorded and the position of a separation point at which the drops separat... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5911327 | Method of automatically discriminating and separating scraps containing copper from iron scraps Scrap containing copper is discriminated from iron scrap after being pulverized by imaging iron scrap using a color TV camera, treating RGB signals processed by each of the points in the image as a color vector, and discriminating scrap containing copper ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5725720 | Detector for envelopes made of plastic, and flat article processing equipment including such a detector The apparatus of the invention for discriminating mail in a paper envelope from mail in a plastics envelope makes use of a pneumatic technique. In particular, the apparatus comprises a pneumatic system suitable for deforming the envelope to be inspected b... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5643796 | System for sensing droplet formation time delay in a flow cytometer A droplet flow cytometer system which includes a system to optimize the droplet formation time delay based on conditions actually experienced includes an automatic droplet sampler which rapidly moves a plurality of containers stepwise through the droplet ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5133901 | System and method for on-line monitoring and control of heavy metal contamination in soil washing process The concentrations of residual heavy metal contaminants in the particulate material in a slurry produced in a particulate material washing process are monitored on-line and can be used to control the washing process. In alternative embodiments of the inve... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4549659 | Particle sorting apparatus utilizing controllable corona discharge needle Selection means is provided for particles following a free flight trajectory path, those particles having a preselected characteristic, such as fluorescence under x-ray bombardment, being detected and a signal being transmitted on such detection to electr... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4421542 | Automatic glassware forming machine with automatic down and/or stuck ware rejection Appratus for automatically removing stuck and down ware from an automatic glassware forming machine conveyor produces a first signal for each item of normal ware, stuck ware and down ware which is conveyed past an inspection location. Each of the first si... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4354865 | Automatic glass ware forming machine with automatic down and/or stuck bottle rejection Apparatus for automatically removing stuck and down ware from an automatic glassware ware forming machine conveyor produces a first signal for each item of normal ware, stuck ware and down ware which is conveyed past an inspection location. Each of the fi... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4347935 | Method and apparatus for electrostatically sorting biological cells An improved method of sorting biological cells in a conventional cell sorter apparatus includes generating a fluid jet containing cells to be sorted, measuring the distance between the centers of adjacent droplets in a zone thereof defined at the point wh... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4279345 | High speed particle sorter using a field emission electrode The invention sorts small particles by subjecting them to a charging and motivating field produced by a single positively charged electrode. The magnitude of the charge placed on the particle passing the electrode is a function of the observed particle pa... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4004694 | Extractor assembly for extracting and/or diverting a selected number of signatures from a stream Signatures arranged in overlapping fashion are typically delivered from a press at high speeds (at the order of 80,000 per hour) to be stacked in bundles of a predetermined precise quantity, bundled and shipped to desired locations. During the delivery of... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3932272 | Scan system The apparatus relates to an electronic verification and control system for obtaining an input count of entered bills and an analysis for various entry conditions for the bills and their state of fitness, and further to an automatic separator and inserter ... | 01/13/1976 |
