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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413114 | Method of handling mail items with improved bar-code reading In the method of handling mail items, while a mail item is on its first pass through the machine, the method consists in forming a digital image of the surface of the mail item, in deriving, from the image, a digital fingerprint characterizing the mail item, and in ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7274202 | Carousel device, system and method for electronic circuit tester A rotatable or translatable carousel configured to facilitate electrical or electronic testing of Devices Under Test (DUTs) in combination with an insertion handler and a test head is disclosed. The carousel is configured to be placed on a test head of a tester in a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7240781 | Positive displacement sorter A positive displacement sorter includes a conveying surface, a plurality of pusher shoes capable of traveling laterally of the conveying surface travel direction, a diverting assembly selectively diverting the pusher shoes and a control. The pusher shoes are general... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7103206 | Method and apparatus for detecting doubled bills in a currency handling device A doubles detection system for detecting doubled documents. The system comprises one or more light sources disposed on a first side of a test document and one or more reflected light sensors disposed along the first side of the test document. The reflected light sen... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6994200 | Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit into a plural... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6924451 | Method for sequentially ordering objects using a single pass delivery point process A method using a single pass sequencer having a transport system for transporting the mail pieces to a transport system having a first carriage system and a second carriage system with a plurality of holders slidable between the first carriage system and the second ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6351551 | Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting document A currency counting and discrimination device for receiving a stack of currency bills, rapidly counting and discriminating the bills in the stack, and then re-stacking the bills. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency b... | 02/26/2002 |
| 5790697 | Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents A currency counting and discrimination device for receiving a stack of currency bills, rapidly counting and discriminating the bills in the stack, and then re-stacking the bills. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency b... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5513264 | Visually interactive encoding and decoding of dataforms Interactive encoding and decoding of machine readable dataforms provides more efficient encoding avoiding trial and error dataform production and more accurate decoding avoiding inaccurate reading of dataforms. While data is entered (12) and encoded (14) ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5101981 | Bundler/stacker accumulator method and arrangement for mailing systems A mailing system includes a mail output system for sequentially delivering mail pieces to an accumulator, the accumulator assembling stacks of mail in response to zip code break signals from the mail output system and the count of mail pieces currently on... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5048694 | Apparatus for processing card-like articles An automatic sorting and stamping apparatus includes a supply section to which a stack of mail items including standard-size items and nonstandard-size items is placed. The supplied mail items are transferred to a sorting and stamping section along a tran... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5042668 | Method and apparatus for random electronic component testing A method and apparatus are disclosed for randomly selecting and automatically testing surface mount passive electronic components. A detachable hopper is utilized to contain a plurality of randomly oriented electronic components which are agitated pneumat... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4971686 | Mail handling machine with mis-sealed envelope detector In a mail-handling machine for processing mixed mail, a flap-stripper for opening the flap of an unsealed envelope is mounted for rotation to intercept and detect a mis-sealed envelope to avoid jamming the machine. A deflecting finger with a small idler r... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4955483 | Mail handling machine with mis-sealed envelope detector In a mail-handling machine for processing mixed mail, a flap-stripper for opening the flap of an unsealed envelope is mounted for rotation to intercept and detect a mis-sealed envelope to avoid jamming the machine.... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4948972 | Read-out device for radiation image storage panel A read-out device for a radiation image storage panel comprising a read-out means for photoelectrically reading out radiation image information recorded and stored in the panel containing a stimulable phosphor, a panel-conveying means for conveying the pa... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4915237 | Comprehensive container inspection system A comprehensive container inspection system includes axial container examining features, side wall inspection features and a controllable diverter for routing the containers to one of at least two sorting paths. Each stage of the inspection system is adap... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4869813 | Drill inspection and sorting method and apparatus Apparatus for inspecting and sorting drills oriented in the same direction in a hopper assembly. The hopper assembly feeds the drills, one at a time, and places them in a predetermined ready location. A camera, part of the inspection assembly, mounted dir... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4793251 | Process and apparatus for the processing of security-paper prints and identification of misprints The print carriers which bear security-paper prints arranged in longitudinal and transverse rows and on which misprints are marked are numbered in such a way that all security-paper prints arranged in succession in a longitudinal row, but excluding mispri... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4724384 | Apparatus and method for detecting the condition of completed ends Shown is an apparatus for mounting an inductive transducer in position over an intermittently moved belt carrying easy open ends for a beverage container and designed to detect whether or not the tabs for easy opening are provided on the ends. The apparat... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4722444 | Method and apparatus for document processors Document processor equipment for processing documents requiring operator intervention for the purpose of functions like key entry and encoding of data associated with certain ones of the documents includes an improved system for transporting and presentin... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4707250 | Machine with automatic transport of articles In a machine having automatic article transport individual identical articles are conveyed along a conveyor path (21) past various processing stations. A clock (12) is associated with the conveyor path. Furthermore, a characteristic detection apparatus (1... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4685569 | Method of detecting and sorting pieces of insulating materials admixed in small pieces of conductive materials A method of detecting and sorting pieces of insulating materials admixed in small pieces of conductive materials, which comprises detecting and amplifying the surface potentials of the conductive materials and the insulating materials by a surface potenti... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4595104 | Sorting device Each of sorting mechanisms on a sorter drum comprises a substantially trapezoidal slit defined in a cylindrical wall of the sorter drum and providing a substantially trapezoidal tongue displaced radially outwardly from the cylinderical wall, and a substan... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4546885 | Diagnostic device for color sorting apparatus Disclosed is a diagnostic device for use in a color sorting apparatus. A scanner circuit (1-6) successively selects one of a plurality of sorting channels (Q1-Qn) each having a plurality of measuring points (a1-an, b1-bn, c1-cn, d1-dn). A comparator circu... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4501365 | Transfer system An improved rejector for selectively transferring articles from a conveyor or conveyor-like device, to a delivery region such as a second conveyor based upon one or more signals which may be associated with any of the articles to be so transferred. The sy... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4473157 | Automatic bank note transaction apparatus An automatic bank note transaction apparatus comprises a discriminator for discriminating fit notes from unfit notes among the bank notes conveyed by a conveyance path, and identifying the denomination of the fit notes, sorting gates for sorting the bank ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4470496 | Control circuit for bill and coin changer A bill and coin changer in which a circuit employing a programmed microcomputer controls the bill-validating and coin-dispensing procedures and searches for faults in the operation of the sensors and electromechanical components of the changer. During bil... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4458816 | Thin sheet sorting apparatus The thin sheet sorting apparatus includes a supply device for supplying, one after one, the thin sheets to be sorted. A detecting device classifies the thin sheets into one of normal sheets, improper sheets and damaged sheets. A sorting device directs the... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4454947 | Product inspection and ejection system A method of removing product of an unacceptable height from a product line is disclosed. In the method, a quantity of the product is arrayed in a carrier and moved to a gauging station where the array is placed between a reference plate and a correspondin... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4454028 | Can sorting method and apparatus An article or can sorting apparatus for separating articles having a recycle value from articles having no recycle value is defined by an annular article supporting surface positioned at about 45 degrees to horizontal, a cylindrical wall positioned in rel... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4437571 | Thin sheet sorting apparatus An apparatus for processing paper sheets, in which one lot of paper sheets are set in a supply section and supplied one after another to an inspection station which makes optical, magnetic and mechanical inspections for sorting the sheets into at least th... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4337865 | Feeder mechanism for controlling delivery of fruit to a juice extractor A feeder mechanism for controlling delivery of fruits to a processing apparatus such as a juice extractor and wherein the delivered fruits must be of a size equal to or less than a predetermined size, and in particular where the fruits from the feeder are... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4334619 | Apparatus for processing paper sheets An apparatus for processing paper sheets, in which one lot of paper sheets are set in a supplying section and supplied one after another to a detecting section for sorting these paper sheets into fit paper sheets and unfit paper sheets. The unfit paper sh... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4323159 | Monitoring light sensitive electronic components This invention relates to apparatus for continuously monitoring a light sensitive electronic component, forming part of a device for detecting light pulses of a specified character, the apparatus comprising a light source directing light through fiber opt... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4320339 | Component testing station A station for testing electrical components is provided with spaced pairs of cooperative lead-engageable contacts, these pairs being yieldingly openable to arrest a lead arriving therebetween for the test. At least one contact of each pair has an abrading... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4236639 | Method of automatically sorting thin sheet articles A method and apparatus for automatically sorting packets of thin sheet articles such as securities, bank notes and the like which are bound in a stack by a band. A series of modular units are provided in which the band and the stack are mechanically separ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4166030 | Apparatus for handling sheets of paper A sheet handling apparatus for documents requiring secure handling, such as banknotes. The documents are fed one at a time along a main flow-line in which they are sensed to determine whether they are in a fit condition or in an unfit condition. If unfit,... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4119206 | Component sequence verifier To enable a high-speed machine to process (for instance interconnect and reel) only acceptable, predeterminedly ordered electronic components after appropriate test, velocity changing mechanism actuatable by a continuously operable conveyor of the machine... | 10/10/1978 |
