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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7985938 | Method of sorting used tubular goods prior to reclaiming or reconditioning Methods for reclaiming or reconditioning used tubulars are disclosed. One method includes performing non-visual, non-destructive inspection of used tubulars at a site of a reconditioning or reclaiming plant prior to the used tubulars being cleaned in preparation for... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7328808 | Apparatus for sorting wood chips in separate fractions The invention relates to an apparatus for sorting wood chips, said apparatus having a feeder for supplying the wood chips onto a sloping support surface so that the chips slide along the support surface and over a slit extending across the support surface. A flow of... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7141120 | Manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor device having introducing section and withdrawing section A manufacturing apparatus of a semiconductor device includes an introducing section, a process section, and a withdrawing section. The introducing section introduces a transfer box therein. The process section takes in the semiconductor substrate put in the introduc... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101138 | Extractor/buffer An automated material handling system that includes an extractor/buffer apparatus capable of simultaneously accessing multiple Work-In-Process (WIP) parts, thereby providing a highly efficient interface between WIP storage locations and transport equipment. The extr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6896117 | Apparatus for processing a sheet The present invention provides an apparatus for processing a sheet. When a medium having various patterns detected by a plurality of detecting sections for individually detecting plural kinds of features from a sheet, each detecting section detects plural kinds of f... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6851559 | Analyzing and sorting of wood veneers The invention relates to a method for increasing strength and/or reducing strength variations in multi-layer wood, plywood, and the like sandwich material. The method comprises measuring wood veneers (10) for dry substance density (ρ) with high-frequency ele... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6670568 | Installation for processing wafers An installation for processing wafers in at least one clean room is described. The installation has a configuration of production units for carrying out individual production steps and measuring units for inspecting the production steps. The production un... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6578713 | Paper sheet processor and method of processing paper sheet A paper sheet processor includes a paper sheet setting portion for setting a plurality of paper sheets approximately uniformed in face-and-back orientation, a feeding section for sequentially introducing the paper sheets set on the paper sheet setting por... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6498864 | Apparatus for authenticating products and authorizing processes using the magnetic properties of a marker The authenticity of an item which is one of a group of such items can be determined by attaching to or incorporating into each such item an authentication marker, all such markers interacting substantially identically with a given magnetic field. A field ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6445808 | Method and apparatus for detecting credit/debit cards in connection with the processing of bulk mail Envelopes with unspecified contents are inspected by a "magnetic imaging" device which operates to identify magnetic indicia associated with the contents of the envelopes in order to identify the orientation of contents within the envelopes and/or to iden... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6420866 | Apparatus and method for detecting metallized containers in closed packages An apparatus and method used to detect metallized containers or other objects in closed packages traveling in a conveyor stream. The apparatus includes a pair of coil units mounted in association with a packaging conveyor such that the closed packages wil... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6365858 | Device for separating metal parts The device for separating metal parts from a stream of material to be conveyed comprises a multiple-way junction (11) in the form of a rotary tubular multiple-way junction. The rotary tubular multiple-way junction contains a rotary element (36) configured... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6218830 | Method and apparatus for enhanced detecting the presence of magnetic substances in non-magnetic products Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for easily, sensitively and reliably detecting the presence of a magnetic substance in a non-magnetic product, and even a minuted magnetized material such as a broken needle erroneously included in a sewn product. M... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6005388 | Device and process for detecting defects in the disposition of reinforcing members of magnetizable material in casing plies in the sidewall region of a tire Device and process for detecting defects in an arrangement of reinforcing members in casing plies in a sidewall region of at least one of an unvulcanized tire blank or a vulcanized pneumatic vehicle tire to be tested. The reinforcing members may include a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5964336 | Bill identifying apparatus and a bill identifying method A sensor section for obtaining identification data from a bill passing through a bill transfer path can selectively be mounted in a plurality of positions on the body of a bill identifying apparatus. The sensor section is mounted in one of the mounting po... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5923165 | Method and apparatus for detecting broken sewing needles in sewn articles Disclosed are a method and apparatus for detection of a magnetic substance erroneously included in a non-magnetic product. The non-magnetic product such as a sewn product is passed through a high magnetic field in which a magnetic field is applied to the ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5837200 | Sorting device for biological cells or viruses The sorting device is able to sort biological objects, particularly cells or viruses, in liquids as a function of physically measurable criteria or properties. The sorting apparatus is provided with a feed inlet (1) for the biological liquid which branche... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5829600 | Method and apparatus for identifying different, elongated metallic objects The invention is concerned with a method for identifying different, elongated metallic objects according to position and/or shape and/or type. In this method, by means of a conveyor, an object lying singly in a predetermined or a random position on convey... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5791489 | Apparatus for separating foreign bodies from a fiber tuft stream An apparatus for detecting foreign substances in a fiber tuft stream and for separating the foreign substances therefrom, includes a conduit guiding the fiber tuft stream therethrough in a conveying direction; a metal detector situated at a first location... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5761089 | Counterfeit document detection apparatus A document processing apparatus incorporates a counterfeit detection system for identifying counterfeit suspect documents on the basis of the magnetic characteristics of the documents. Each document is transported within the vicinity of a magnetic read he... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5649628 | Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document To identify the orientation of specified documents, such as checks bearing magnetic ink markings, steps are taken to magnetize ink markings associated with the document, and to then detect magnetized ink markings on the document to develop electrical sign... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5576621 | Hinged metal detection cover for a receptacle A metal detector especially adapted to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized deposit of metal objects into receptacles includes a housing provided with a central opening surrounded by a funnel-like surface for directing articles into a receptacle such a... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5559437 | Process and device for magnetically checking worn tires A process and apparatus for the non-destructive checking of the condition of a metal reinforcement element of magnetic material in a tire (11) wherein the metallic reinforcement element is subjected to a magnetic field in order to magnetize it; relative m... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5540338 | Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document To identify the orientation of specified documents, such as checks bearing magnetic ink markings, steps are taken to magnetize ink markings associated with the document, and to then detect magnetized ink markings on the document to develop electrical sign... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5532591 | Apparatus for detecting surface flaws in cylindrical articles by means of asymmetric magnetic detection An apparatus for detecting surface flaws in cylindrical articles by means of asymmetric magnetic detection, utilizing a rotating magnetic field, said articles having central longitudinal axes, apparatus having a guide assembly for guiding the cylindrical ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5526939 | Method of checking the composition of multilayer units composed of sheetlike parts and apparatus for composing, and checking the composition of, such units An apparatus for verifying any of a plurality of predetermined compositions of multilayered units composed of stacked sheetlike parts passed in spaced succession by a checkpoint, including the steps of determining a first value according to a thickness of... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524771 | Strength-grading of veneer sheets A method of enhancing the strength and of reducing strength variations of multi-layer wood, plywood or similar by measuring the density of the veneer sheets used in the production and by grading the veneer sheets accordingly. The density of the veneer she... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5518121 | Method for automated mail extraction and remittance processing In a method for the automated processing of bulk mail, envelopes are transferred to a receiving apparatus in bulk fashion (from incoming mail trays or the like) for the extraction of documents contained by the envelopes, and the extracted documents are de... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5464099 | Method for the automated processing of documents and bulk mail An apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail in a continuous and automatic procedure includes an operative combination of processing stations including an input station for receiving incoming mail in bulk fashion and for separating the pieces of... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5460273 | Apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail having varied characteristics An apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail which incorporates a number of operating stations that serve to accomplish the various aspects of mail extraction, as well as the subsequent processing of extracted documents, and which are operativel... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5413222 | Method for separating a particular metal fraction from a stream of materials containing various metals A method is disclosed for separating a preselected metal fraction from a stream of discrete particles containing a plurality of metals that are not strongly ferromagnetic. According to this method, a detection zone is established within the stream of part... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5402895 | Magnetic facing system A system for facing currency notes of a stack of notes, each of which is printed with magnetic ink on only the face thereof in which notes from the stack are moved one by one along a path past an examining location at which magnetic heads examine the resp... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5397003 | Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document To identify the orientation of specified documents, such as checks bearing magnetic ink markings, steps are taken to magnetize ink markings associated with the document, and to then detect magnetized ink markings on the document to develop electrical sign... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5310062 | Apparatus for automated mail extraction and remittance processing An apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail, wherein envelopes are transferred to the apparatus in bulk fashion (from incoming mail trays or the like) for the extraction of documents contained by the envelopes, communicates with a remittance pr... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5273150 | Device for handling returnable cans The invention relates to a device (10) for handling returnable cans, by means of which device a returnable can is handled mechanically such that it can be formed into a smaller size for transportation and further handling. The device (10) for handling ret... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5265733 | Method of checking the composition of multilayer units composed of sheetlike parts and apparatus for composing, and checking the composition of, such units A method for verifying any of a plurality of predetermined compositions of multilayered units composed of stacked sheetlike parts passed in spaced succession by a checkpoint, including the steps of determining a first value according to a thickness of a f... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5263651 | Safety device for chip conditioning device An apparatus for processing wood chips for use in the preparation of pulp in a papermaking operation including a conduit for accommodating a flow stream of wood chips, a rotary valve in the conduit, shunt branch conduits with a first shunt leading to a ch... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5240116 | Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document To identify the orientation of specified documents, such as checks bearing magnetic ink markings, steps are taken to magnetize ink markings associated with the document, and to then detect magnetized ink markings on the document to develop electrical sign... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5165551 | Apparatus and method for detecting defects in an article An apparatus for detecting defects in discrete articles, such as fasteners having an indexable article carrier with a plurality of article holders on the article carrier for supporting articles in a holding position so that each article in the holding pos... | 11/24/1992 |
