Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7851722 | Optical cracked-grain selector An optical cracked-grain selector that does not mistakenly identify normal grains of rice having no cracks as cracked grains due to the presence of the embryonic portion and/or surface scratches when optically identifying cracked grains of rice mixed in with materia... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7355140 | Method of and apparatus for multi-stage sorting of glass cullets A method and system for sorting different colored objects, preferably glass cullets, into separate groups of same colored objects comprising a plurality of sorting devices for receiving an input feed of different colored objects and sorting the different colored obj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351929 | Method of and apparatus for high speed, high quality, contaminant removal and color sorting of glass cullet A system for sorting a mixed stream of different colored cullet into separate groups of same colored cullet comprises a light emitting source for transmitting light, such as white light, through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7244902 | Method for classifying wine and coffee A method for classifying beverages of natural origin, such as wine or coffee. Classification is carried out by means of NIR spectroscopy and corresponding numerical-mathematical conditioning of the spectral data of the individual beverage samples, wherein respective... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7156234 | Sorting technique for recycle of device units The sorting apparatus receives the electromagnetic wave from a storage element of a collected toner cartridge, and specifies the recyclability of the toner cartridge based on information extracted from the received electromagnetic wave. The sorting system then sorts... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154080 | System and method for detecting the efficacy of machined parts The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting the efficacy of machined parts, and particularly to an automated system and method that detects whether tooling features (e.g., holes) are properly formed and aligned in work pieces during the machin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153089 | Storage device A storage device for storing trays, the device including a first movable member and a second movable member positioned opposite the first movable member. The first and second movable members are adapted to selectively vertically move and support at least one tray th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7099433 | Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Disclosed herein is a metal sorting device including an X-ray tube, a dual energy detector array, a microprocessor, and an air ejector array. The device senses the presence of samples in the x-ray sensing region and initiates identifying and sorting the samples. Aft... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7068369 | Apparatus for measuring fruit properties including a function for automatically controlling the intensity of light from a light source An apparatus for measuring fruit properties, in order to classify fruit according to internal qualities, measures the sweetness of a fruit sample using near-infrared spectroscopy. The apparatus includes a pair of waveguides (12), a pair of optic emitter/senso... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7041926 | Method and system for separating and blending objects A method for separating objects, such as stones, wherein each object is dropped through a predefined path, such as a drop tube. Then, for each object, the time when the object passes through a predefined point in the path is determined, as are selected characteristi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024316 | Transiently dynamic flow cytometer analysis system A flow cytometry apparatus and methods to process information incident to particles or cells entrained in a sheath fluid stream allowing assessment, differentiation, assignment, and separation of such particles or cells even at high rates of speed. A first signal pr... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6992771 | Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material in food utilizing optical backlighting and/or ultrasonic inspection are presented. In optical backlighting, a substantially monochromatic light source optically backlights a food stream with sourc... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6971504 | Conveyor belt with advertising, method and apparatus for making same A conveyor belt with advertising is fabricated by coating at least one flexible belting member with a vinyl size coating. A white base coat is applied over the vinyl size coating. Special white PVC coated belting material is also used. A variety of printing processe... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6847447 | Apparatus and method and techniques for measuring and correlating characteristics of fruit with visible/near infra-red spectrum This disclosure is of 1) the utilization of the spectrum from 250 nm to 1150 nm for measurement of prediction of one or more parameters, e.g., brix, firmness, acidity, density, pH, color and external and internal defects and disorders including, for example, surface... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6727452 | System and method for removing defects from citrus pulp A system and method of the present invention removes defects from citrus pulp. An advancing mechanism advances citrus pulp along a predetermined path of travel into an inspection zone. A citrus pulp imager is positioned at the inspection zone and acquires image data... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6683266 | Apparatus for inspecting gel covering seed A gel covering seed inspection apparatus 1 of the present invention comprises a feeder 3 in which the gel covering seed 19 is accumulated, a delivery device 4 which successively lets out a predetermined number of the gel covering seed supplied thereto at ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6568591 | Document sensor for currency recycling automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage areas and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a sheet thickness... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6520311 | Multi-row type online internal quality inspection device A multi-row type internal quality inspection device is arranged to adjust spacing intervals between the columns of receiving trays arranged in rows on a conveyer to the column spacing intervals of a supply conveyor at the start part on the entrance side o... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6512577 | Apparatus and method for measuring and correlating characteristics of fruit with visible/near infra-red spectrum This disclosure is of 1) the utilization of the spectrum from 250 nm to 1150 nm for measurement or prediction of one or more parameters, e.g., brix, firmness, acidity, density, pH, color and external and internal defects and disorders including, for examp... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6504124 | Optical glass sorting machine and method A glass sorting machine optically sorts glass cullet according to different color characteristics by irradiating the cullet with red, green and blue light as the cullet are passed through a sensing region between a light source and light sensors responsiv... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6384359 | Inspection system An inspection system detects the presence or absence of desired components of an assembled cigarette after tipping paper has been applied to join a multi-component filter to a tobacco rod. A transport moves the assembled cigarettes having multi-component ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6355897 | Arrangement and method for sorting granules A device and method for sorting of pellets so that pellets containing defects are detected and sorted out. The device includes a light detector arranged over a transparent pellet transport track. A light source is arranged on the opposite side of the trac... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6252189 | Detecting defective peel-bearing potatoes in a random mixture of defective and acceptable peel-bearing potatoes A system and method of operation performing automated optical inspection to remove peel-bearing defective potato pieces from a random mixture of peel-bearing defective and acceptable potato pieces use near infrared light as a source of illumination. The s... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241244 | Document sensor for currency recycling automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage areas and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a sheet thickness... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6233051 | Measurement apparatus for measuring internal quality of object The present invention relates to an internal quality measuring apparatus for measuring an internal quality of an object, and the apparatus has a conveying device, a detecting device, a light projecting device, a light receiving device, an analyzing device... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6137581 | Measurement apparatus for measuring internal quality of object The present invention relates to an internal quality measuring apparatus for measuring an internal quality of an object, and the apparatus has a conveying device, a detecting device, a light projecting device, a light receiving device, an analyzing device... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6094810 | Object-separating device A device for separating at least one item from a housing part includes a gripping device, a pushing-out means and, if appropriate, a sensing device for identifying the item. The separating device can be used expediently for installations for the disassemb... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6087608 | Method and apparatus for recognizing foreign substances in and separating them from a pneumatically conveyed fiber stream A fiber processing method includes the steps of removing fiber tufts from a series of fiber bales; pneumatically conveying the fiber tufts in a duct; forming images of the conveyed material as it passes through a first location of the duct; determining th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6043444 | Microwave sensor for sorting lean muscle Apparatus and method are provided for temperature calibration of a microwave sensor unit used in non-destructively measuring and monitoring meat parameters such as fat, protein, and moisture content of a meat supply presented into the sensor unit. The app... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6040544 | Optoelectronic separation apparatus An apparatus for the optoelectronic classification of semiconductor materials, has a separating device 2 and a slide face 3, the angle of the slide face 3 to the horizontal being adjustable, and the separating device 2 and the slide face 3 each having a s... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6013887 | Color-sorting machine for granular materials A color-sorting machine for granular materials optically detects raw material grains falling along a substantially fixed path and sorts out no-good grains by color. An optical detection unit to this end comprises a condenser lens, a plurality of optical f... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5986230 | Method and apparatus for sorting product The present invention sorts unselected product from selected product using a chute having a grain separating section, a cross section to orientate the product, and a grain stabilizing section; a laser with a laser line transmitted through the product; a p... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5955741 | Methods of measuring currency limpness Measuring the limpness of a note is necessary to separate a worn note out of circulation. Several methods are disclosed which can be used either alone or in combination to test for limpness. One method measures the note's ability to reflect light or trans... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5894938 | Glass cullet separation apparatus A glass cullet separation apparatus according to the present invention includes a hopper (1), a rotary feeder (6), an inclined guide plate (14), a conveying belt (17), and a foreign glass discrimination device (37). The discriminated device can radiate a ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5894939 | System for sorting post-consumer plastic containers for recycling A method to sort plastic articles, such as bottles, for recycling utilizes a first sensing area where the bottle is irradiated with circularly polarized light. The circularly polarized light changes polarization on passing through the bottle. The changed ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5865990 | Method and apparatus for sorting grain The present invention sorts imperfect grains from perfect grains using a chute having a grain separating section, a cross section to orientate the grains, and a grain stabilizing section; a laser with a laser line transmitted through the grains; a photo d... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5847382 | Bone detector A device for detecting bone fragments in deboned poultry carried on a conveyor belt of flexible clear plastic material. Fluorescent lights are positioned under the conveyor. A second conveyor positioned above the first conveyor is made up of a linked seri... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845002 | Method and apparatus for detecting surface features of translucent objects The topographic surface features of a translucent object, such as a citrus fruit with a peel, are scanned and evaluated to permit the classification thereof according to its surface features. In the case of citrus fruit, the coarseness or pebbliness, puff... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5794788 | Method and device for sorting materials To sort materials, in particular plastic parts, the items are carried at known conveying speed past a material recognition system which uses non-contact scanning, for example NIR spectroscopy, of each item to determine its material type and delivers a sig... | 08/18/1998 |
