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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7315007 | Method and apparatus for stiffness and thickness detection in mail sorting systems A method is provided for preventing flat mail pieces having excessive thickness or stiffness from entering a mail processing machine wherein flat mail pieces are held on opposite sides and conveyed by paired conveyor belts around one or more curves, including one cu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7245759 | Method of inspecting threaded fasteners and a system therefor The present invention relates to novel automated inspection systems and related methods of use. In particular, the present invention provides an automated threaded fastener inspection system, and related methods of use. Furthermore, the present invention provides sy... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7182339 | Thickness measuring system, having improved software, for use within a mail handling system, and method of using same A thickness measuring device for measuring the thickness dimension of an article being conveyed along a conveyor system comprises a rotary encoder, and a lever arm pivotally mounted upon the shaft of the rotary encoder. The lever arm has an end portion thereof dispo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165681 | Device and method for sorting of bent elongated articles A device for sorting bent elongated articles, in particular rods or tubes, having a measuring span with an inclined plane, down which the articles roll. A separating system provided at the outlet end of the measuring span sorts the bent articles from the straight ar... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7059055 | High output device for confirming thread presence in nuts and other threaded parts A device for confirming the presence of thread in nuts and other threaded parts has a threaded gage mounted on a holder which is connected through a clutch to a motor. The motor drives the holder to rotate the threaded gage to engage the threaded part. Switches are ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7003428 | Method and system for thread tolerance checking A method and system for measuring thread products and determining product conformance to predefined specifications are provided. The measuring system includes a measuring device electrically coupled to a computer-based component. The measuring device senses width in... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995837 | Optical inspection system and method of use In a preferred embodiment, an optical inspection machine for fasteners, including: an inspection station; a main dial rotatable through the inspection station and carrying thereon a plurality of fasteners; a reflective surface surrounding each of the plurality of fa... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6915909 | Device for receiving multi-format envelopes This invention relates to a device for receiving envelopes, or stacker, for a mail handling machine, comprising a conveyor belt arranged at the exit of the mail handling machine, for receiving these envelopes and conveying them perpendicularly to a direction of adva... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6194679 | Four electrical contact testing machine for miniature inductors and process of using In a machine for testing and sorting miniature electrical inductors of the type having spaced-apart, opposed first and second metal-terminated ends, wherein the machine includes a feed station having an inlet, an outlet and adapted to receive bulk quantit... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5823356 | Apparatus and method for insepcting threaded members An inspection device for inspecting production threaded members wherein the threaded members are routed to a test station to functionally inspect the thread profile of each threaded member to ensure that when the threaded member is matched with a correspo... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5777246 | Fastener measurement system A fastener measurement system includes a number of gauge blocks, each having a tapered bore disposed therein. Each gauge block has a number of conical inserts that fit within the tapered bore. The inserts have a central bore of varying sizes to receive fa... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5564573 | Process and apparatus for the machine sorting of sawn timber according to strength The timber (2) passes in a direction of movement (3) between successive clamping roller pairs (27, 26), between which a test roller (48) imposes a flexible bending fD on the timber (2). The imposed flexible bending fD is maintained a... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5273167 | Apparatus for stacking individual one piece receptacles Apparatus for the quality control of individual, one-piece receptacles, which are open at one end. The individual, one-piece receptacles are preferably aligned, in several groups, side by side, similarly with respect to their spatial orientation. The rece... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5255792 | Method and apparatus for sorting disks depending upon their thickness The method and apparatus of this invention are to sort disks into predetermined ranks depending on their thickness. The disks are conveyed stepwise in each supply cassette at equal intervals, and partly pushed to measure their thickness. They are transfer... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5069019 | Apparatus and method of conveying and boxing frozen patties An apparatus and method for conveying, classifying, and packing goods is disclosed. The goods move on a plurality of lanes to containers for packing. The goods move on conveyors to classifiers where goods outside a predetermined specification are discarde... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4916883 | Process and apparatus for the testing of packs In the packaging of articles, especially brittle articles, such as biscuits or the like, a test must be carried out to ensure that the pack content is complete and intact. For this purpose, each pack (10) is tested, during its continuous conveyance via co... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4883181 | Foreign substance disposing device for money receiving and disbursing machine A foreign substance disposing device is disclosed for a money receiving and disbursing machine. The machine comprises a bill receiving section for receiving a stack of bills to be processed in. The machine, pick out rollers for picking out the bills one b... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4877138 | Fastener head elevation measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring the elevation of the head of a flush head countersunk fastener (e.g., a bolt or a rivet) before installation, is disclosed. Fasteners (21) to be measured are dropped, one at a time, into a precisely sized hole (69a or 69b) in a ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4785941 | Apparatus for automatically selecting acceptable or unacceptable hollow cylindrical products such as bushes An apparatus mechanically actuates GO ring gauges and NOGO ring gauges to check whether inner and outer diameters of hollow, cylindrical-shaped products such as bushes B/G are within fit tolerances, thus automatically distinguishing between acceptable and... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4641437 | Gauge for comparing circumferences A gauge having a substantially circular band capable of being deformed out-of-round from the application of a predetermined force and having a specified inner circumferential length to be compared with the length of a circumference around an object. The g... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4576287 | Apparatus and method for checking the contents of envelopes and sorting documents by thickness Apparatus and method for checking the contents of envelopes and sorting envelopes and other documents according to thickness. The envelopes or other documents are fed along a predetermined path, the thickness of each envelope or document is checked as it ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4141392 | Apparatus for automatic insertion of valved bags on bag-filling machines An apparatus for automatic insertion of a valved bag of paper or other flexible sheet material on to a charging nozzle of a machine adapted to fill the bag with material in granular or powder form, in which the bags are fed from a supply thereof sequentia... | 02/27/1979 |
| 3930582 | System for testing paper money and the like To test the genuineness and/or condition of dollar bills or other substantially identical papers, one or more thickness gauges are positioned in the path of these papers and determine the deviations, if any, of the thickness of a passing specimen from a p... | 01/06/1976 |
