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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364043 | Fastener inspection system A high-speed fastener inspection system is provided to perform 100 percent inspection of various geometry features and to sort a large number of fasteners at high speed. The inspection system includes a rotary table having an outer periphery, an inner periphery, and... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7290665 | Automated high-throughput seed sample handling system and method A method and apparatus for processing seed or seed samples includes an autonomous sorter which sorts seed by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a counter to autonomously ensure the correct number of seeds to a seed package, a cleaning device, a s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284666 | Method and device for raising, stabilizing and further moving a bottle A device for use with conveyor means and a detector station, said conveyor means for moving empty beverage containers, suitably bottles of different shapes and sizes, past the detector station, and said detector station for providing characteristic data about the co... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7161108 | System and method for routing imaged documents Systems and methods for sorting, scanning and routing imaged documents are described. In one configuration, incoming mixed white mail is sorted and coded, then extracted and scanned using the code to separate items. The separate imaged documents are then routed usin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145093 | Method and system for image processing The invention provides a method of processing an image containing written information include the steps of (a) scanning a surface of an object to obtain an image of the surface represented by first image data, (b) creating second image data from the first image data... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6888082 | Analyzing method and device for automatically sorting products such as fruit A method of analysing products arranges above a conveyer line three successive analysing stations having, in the first station, two cameras arranged in such a way that their optical axes form a V centred on the products and has a vertex angle in the range between 90... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6878895 | Reticle sorter A reticle sorter and a semiconductor fabrication facility employing one or more reticle sorters is provided. The reticle sorter(s) generally lies between a reticle storage system and a group of one or more photolithography exposure tools (e.g., steppers) and is conf... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6791050 | Method and apparatus for processing and reducing the amount of return to sender mailpieces An embodiment of the present invention comprises a mailpiece sorting apparatus video coding station, inserter system, return mail workstation and a web server for interconnecting several components of the system. The system provides a closed loop solution for reduci... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6734383 | Method and device for sorting products according to emitted light A method for sorting products including the steps of conveying the products in a product stream, scanning the products in the product stream casting light onto the products on the basis that certain products will emit light, observing emitted light from the products... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6706989 | Automated high-throughput seed sample processing system and method A method and apparatus for processing seed or seed samples includes an autonomous sorter which sorts seed by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a counter to autonomously ensure the correct number of seeds to a seed package, a cleaning device, a s... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6653588 | Auto reject unit An auto reject unit includes a turntable rotatable about an upright axis and held stationary in operation along the upright axis. Driven rollers are mounted upon the turntable for selectively driving an article across the turntable in a direction. A motor... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6639167 | Device and method for pellet sorting The invention relates to an arrangement for sorting pellets (2), that includes a transportation device (3) for feeding the pellet (2), a first container (8) for faultless pellets (2a) fed over the end portion of the transportation device (3), a second con... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6488155 | Methods and apparatus employing multi-spectral imaging for the remote identification and sorting of objects A multi-spectral imager and the applications of same for the marking and coding of, for example, textiles, linens, garments, documents and packages for high-speed machine identification and sortation. Specific uses include garment and textile rental opera... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6403908 | Automated method and apparatus for playing card sequencing, with optional defect detection An automated method and apparatus for sequencing and/or inspecting decks of playing cards is presented. The method and apparatus utilizes pattern recognition technology or other image comparison technology to compare one or more images of a card with memo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6265683 | Semiconductor material classification device A device for the optoelectronic classification of semiconductor materials, which has an identifying device 6 that forwards the morphology of the product 1 to be classified to an evaluating device 7 which evaluates the data.... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6108030 | Appearance inspecting device for solid formulation Disclosed is an appearance inspecting device for a solid formulation, including a supply section for continuously supplying solid formulations such as capsules; an inspecting drum for holding on its outer peripheral portion the solid formulations supplied... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6103985 | Turn around loop apparatus for document scanning/processing This invention is a sheet processing array having an imaging station, an in-site, an exit-site and a transport array connecting all of them. The transport array is adapted to advance sheets from the in-site, past the imaging station for imaging the first ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6075882 | System and method for optically inspecting cigarettes by detecting the lengths of cigarette sections An inspection station irradiates a moving cigarette with a one or more strobed arrays of infrared LEDs. The infrared radiation which passes through the cigarette is received by a video camera, which forms a digital image of the cigarette. A computer then ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6059121 | Apparatus for selecting component parts and staking press equipped with that apparatus A staking press equipped with a component parts selecting apparatus. The staking press is equipped with a component parts supplying unit (17) that has a plurality of component parts storage sections (19, 23) each for storing a plurality of the same compon... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6043445 | Apparatus for color-based sorting of titanium fragments An apparatus for sorting fragments of titanium-based sponge on the basis of color is disclosed. The apparatus captures at least one color image of each fragment, inserts relevant color values from the image into an automated color-sorting system to determ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6012588 | Device for a conveyor means A device for a reverse vending apparatus which has a conveyor (102, 201) for moving containers of different shapes and sizes, e.g., cans or bottles of glass or plastic, past a detector station (100) in order to produce characteristic data about the contai... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6005211 | Method and apparatus for sorting articles using a matrix of conveyor cells An efficient package sorting system in which a stationary matrix of multi-directional conveyor cells sorts packages to a plurality of destination locations. In a preferred embodiment, the matrix delivers sorted packages to a plurality of lift assemblies t... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5998754 | Feeding, sorting and grading system for elongate produce A feed device for a unit for sorting elongate items, particularly vegetables such as carrots, includes a slanted conveyor (23) with a plurality of freely rotatable transverse rollers (24) driven by two endless chains. The conveyor includes three longitudi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995646 | Method of and system for work transportation control A work transportation line includes a work handling apparatus which has an operation that is automatically changed in response to alteration of a work type, from one type to another, so as to be suitable for a work type to which a subject work is altered.... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5973286 | Grain sorting method and a device thereof A grain sorting method and a device is provided which serves to continuously and quickly detect the appearance quality of the grains. The grain sorting device includes a feeding mechanism and a scattering mechanism where the grains are separately scattere... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957306 | Air decelerator for pneumatic sorting system An air decelerator for an inspection and sorting system employing pneumatic ejectors, comprising an air plenum adapted to generally cause a stream of air to flow in a direction opposing acceptable articles moving in a trajectory, and thereby decelerate th... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5924575 | Method and apparatus for color-based sorting of titanium fragments A method for sorting fragments of titanium-based sponge on the basis of color is disclosed. The method involves the steps of capturing at least one color image of each fragment, inserting relevant color values from the image into an automated color-sortin... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5893451 | Catenary belt support mechanism A catenary conveyor belt support is provided in a conveyor system for automated bulk processing equipment. The conveyor belt launches bulk articles along a trajectory from one end to a processing station. The upper surface of the conveyor belt at one end ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5862919 | High throughput sorting system The sorting system provides a high degree of sorting accuracy even in high throughput sorting applications such as high speed wood chip sorting. In one embodiment, a sorting apparatus (10) includes a shaker (12) for distributing stock material, a spectrog... | 01/26/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5813542 | Color sorting method A method of classifying objects comprises the steps of sensing a multiple color image of at least a portion of the object and producing color signals indicative of a plurality of colors in response to sensing the multiple color image. The color signals ar... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5772040 | Workpiece conveying apparatus used with workpiece inspection device Workpieces in which, for example, wire bonding has been performed are inspected to determine if they are defective or not by an inspection device. Workpieces which have been found to be defective are conveyed to one workpiece magazine and workpieces which... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5753866 | Combinational weigher A combinational weigher measures articles with a plurality of measuring devices and selects a combination of the articles with a total weight within an allowable range. The weigher has a device for supplying the articles, cameras for taking pictures of at... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5746323 | Apparatus for high speed inspection of objects A conveying system for tablet inspection is provided. The conveying system includes a hopper assembly for feeding tablets to a conveyor at a controlled rate. The conveyor includes a pair of conveyor belts surrounding a plenum that communicates with a vacu... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5735402 | Selection apparatus for powders and fine particulate material A selection machine and process for fine particulate material such as, for example, semolina wheat or other food or industrial products in powdery or granular form, where the particulate material is distributed on a continuous mobile support, is transport... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733592 | Method for cleaning and sorting bulk material For cleaning foodstuffs in the form of a bulk material, such as cereal grains, rice grains, soybeans, sunflower seeds, coffee beans, and the like, there is provided an optical sorting device (24, 24a, 24a') subsequent to a precleaning system (6), which en... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5700692 | Flow sorter with video-regulated droplet spacing A droplet-deflection flow sorter images a series of droplets, analyzes the image to determine droplet spacing, and alters flow velocity to achieve a desired spacing. Cells in a suspension are forced by gas pressure into a narrow conduit to serialize them ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5692622 | Process for the recognition and filtering out of differently colored foreign bodies in fibre processing lines The invention relates to a process which enables colored foreign bodies to be detected in continuous fibre transport and removed therefrom. A stream of fibres is examined for foreign bodies by color sensors (11). If the color differs, a control system (12... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5676256 | Scrap sorting system A scrap particle sorting system and attendant sorting process employs a conveyor for conveying the randomly shaped particles in a random orientation, a position sensor for determining the advancement of the scrap particles in the direction of conveyance b... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5628409 | Thermal imaging refuse separator A garbage separation apparatus utilizes a vibrating conveyor to form a thin layer of individual items in a stream of municipal waste. The individual items of municipal waste are then transferred to conveyor belts in spaced apart relation. The conveyor bel... | 05/13/1997 |
