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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7221367 | Queue management system and method The invention provides a data visualisation system comprising a data value memory in which is maintained a finite set of data values obtained from monitoring apparatus and a display configured to display a representation of each data value centered on respective dat... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7176441 | Counting system and counting method A counting system is for counting the number of persons passing a monitor line set in the width direction of a path, and has a laser for irradiating the monitor line with a slit ray, and an image capturing apparatus for photographing an area including the monitor li... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7076088 | Near-infrared disguise detection Detection of a person disguised with one or more artificial materials includes detecting reflection from at least one portion of a head of a human body in at least a portion of an upper band of the near infrared spectrum. The presence of an artificial material assoc... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7027619 | Near-infrared method and system for use in face detection A method and system for use in detecting a face of a person includes providing image data representative of reflected light of a scene in at least one bandwidth within a reflected infrared radiation range. Regions of the scene in the image data which may correspond ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004464 | Automatic document feeder and image processing apparatus loaded with the same An ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) for an image processing apparatus of the present invention includes a separating and feeding device for feeding one document from a stack of documents while separating the document from the others. A conveying device temporarily st... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6945524 | Card singularization gate A card singularization gate for use in an identification card printer includes a roller support, a guide roller, and a card stop. The roller support is positioned between a card feeder and the card transport mechanism. The guide roller is supported by the roller sup... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6919804 | Passenger detection system for vehicles A passenger detection system is provided for a vehicle having at least one opening to allow passengers to enter and exit the vehicle. The passenger detection system includes a plurality of passenger detection devices placed on opposed sides of the at least one openi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 5866887 | Apparatus for detecting the number of passers A plurality of rows are provided on a calling of sensors and each have a plurality of distance variation measuring sensors. The distance variation measuring sensors each include a light emitter and a light receiver arranged in the orthogonal direction to ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5709378 | Mechanism for counting stacked sheets A sheet counter has a blade (13) for insertion between adjacent sheets of a stack thereof, and a pin (15) which orbits around the blade to transfer sheets from one side of the blade to the other. A carrier (37) defines three axes disposed in a generally t... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5682025 | Load alternation loading device A load alternation counting device for an actuation device that is periodically hydraulically loaded has a cylinder and a piston sealingly positioned within the cylinder and axially displaceable therein. A pressure connector is provided for connecting the... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5656801 | System and a method for counting people A system and a method for counting the number of people passing a entry point in a predetermined direction. The system includes a foot-activated, pressure sensitive platform deployed at the entry point for providing a time-dependent pressure profile vecto... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5587572 | Batch counter There is disclosed a batch counter for tablets and tablet-like items comprising a hopper with a wide bottom opening for a supply of the items to be counted. A channel member is adapted to channel the items from the hopper to a counter device so as to pass... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5545882 | Paper sheet counting machine A paper sheet counting machine is disclosed, wherein sheet catching rollers are rotated to feed out paper sheets one after another by means of a friction. A sheet separating roller and a sheet separating plate cooperate to transport the fed out paper shee... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5541393 | Sheet counter system with controlled braking A sheet counter system includes a feeding section, a carrying section, a counting section, a stacking section and a control section. When the length of a sheet or the like is less than a length reference value, the control section starts braking of the fe... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5493104 | Method and apparatus for automatically separating boxes in a counter ejector into stacks An apparatus and associated method separates from a stream of boxes a desired number of boxes into a stack of boxes. A conveyor moves the stream of boxes along a path. A speed wheel mounted upstream of the conveyor- or register the speed of the stream of ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5324921 | Sheet counting machine A sheet counting machine including a sheet depositing portion into which sheets are deposited, an endless belt for taking out sheets deposited in the sheet depositing portion one by one and feeding them to the inside, a counter for counting the number of ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5321236 | Sheet counting machine A sheet counting machine including a sheet depositing portion into which sheets are deposited, an endless belt for taking out sheets deposited in the sheet depositing portion one by one and feeding them to the inside, a counter for counting the number of ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5262620 | Sheet counting apparatus A counter for a stack of sheets has a fixed elongate member (21) defining a curved surface (22) in which is formed a vacuum port (23), and a pin (17) extending parallel to the member (21) and arranged to move in a circular orbit therearound. A valve membe... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5072100 | Apparatus and method for packaging citrus fruit An apparatus and method for packaging citrus fruit or discrete articles in a tightly packed pattern or arrangement closely resembling that of a hand packed box. A two-part telescoped box is conveyed in inverted position to a box filling and counting stati... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4979670 | Apparatus for sensing objects on a moving conveyor A sensor for sensing and counting objects on a moving conveyor. Objects are moved on the conveyor past a sensor having first and second legs pivotally mounted about a fixed axis above the conveyor. The second leg is offset from the first leg in the direct... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4963720 | Apparatus for counting lump foodstuffs An apparatus for counting lump foodstuff includes a machine frame, a foodstuff feeding funnel fixed on the machine frame, a power-operated sheave unit mounted rotatably under the funnel, a conveyer belt unit disposed revolvably under the sheave unit, and ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4958063 | Device for counting objects A ring-jet sensor (24) which is operated with air and is connected to an air-carrying line (23) is directed at the objects (27). The ring-jet sensor (24) is also coupled to a pressure sensor (37), the signal of which passes to a counter (40). In order to ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4945213 | System for issuing tickets The present invention relates to a system for issuing tickets and including means for delivering a warning signal when the remaining stock of paper falls below a given number of tickets. To do this, a strip (6) has a special mark on it together reference ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4939350 | Apparatus for counting bundled notes, especially banknotes The apparatus has separating elements (1) which are fastened at regular intervals to a rotating endless V-belt (21) and which, at the counting station (34), individually separate the note to be counted and temporarily keep it in the counting position. The... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4851649 | Apparatus and methods for manually counting pills or similar objects of circular cross-section The invention provides a method and apparatus for manually counting pills or similar objects. Pills in excess of a required number are deposited in a counting area which has the general shape of an equilateral triangle and is defined by walls which surrou... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4716280 | Particle counting device A self-cleaning counting device for particles such as seeds includes a circular housing have a well pivotally mounted therein for receiving and holding particles from a supply hopper. A disk having a plurality of openings is mounted for rotation in the ho... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4603791 | Refund bottle and can bag A disposable bag for returning refund bottles to a store is provided that consists of a body of thin flexible sheet material being wide and long enough to accommodate refund bottles of a two liter size which will fit into the proper size container for sup... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4590364 | Container counting apparatus Apparatus for counting containers such as empty aluminum cans comprises a loading conveyor for feeding empty containers to a counting unit having a movable conveyor underlying spaced, parallel partitions which provide a plurality of parallel pathways alon... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4562339 | Inserted product newspaper sensor A sensor assembly having senser fingers swingably mounted upon a rotatable support and resiliently biased to extend radially outward. In the three-finger embodiment, a detent assembly rotatable with the support detents the support through a 120 degree rot... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4484066 | Garment-counting apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for counting articles. The apparatus comprises a sensor which is adapted to generate a signal characteristic of a tag attached to each article; and means for counting the number of signals, thereby ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4350331 | Sheet counting apparatus The invention relates to apparatus for counting flexible sheets comprising a support surface (15) for supporting a stack of sheets on edge including a rotary sheet removing assembly (5) mounted on an axis disposed at right angles to said support surface. ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4346289 | Device for stopping suction heads of paper sheet counting apparatus at determined angular positions The device of the invention is assembled in a paper sheet counting apparatus to stop and held the suction heads at the predetermined positions at which one of the suction heads is precisely opposite to the face of the paper sheet in the face-to-face relat... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4215811 | Dust collector in a note counting machine There is provided a note counting machine wherein a counter is provided on the top side of the machine body for counting notes one at a time which comprises, a machine body, a counter on the top side of the machine body for counting notes one at a time a ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4071998 | Apparatus for controlling dispensing of articles Apparatus and a method are disclosed for dispensing a plurality of articles, one at a time, at a filling zone into a plurality of containers so that when one of a series of containers is filled, the filling operation is automatically interrupted, the fill... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4057709 | Particle detector A particle detector, such as for detecting the passage of seeds through a mechanical seeder, comprising an angled-over impact resounding tubular conduit disposed in the flow of particles such that each particle is caused to impact and be deflected by the ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4041282 | Leaves counting machine A sheet separating machine comprises a rotary disc fixed on a shaft extending through a reciprocating pump and having a suction hole communicating with the pump. The pump is actuated by a vertical motion of the shaft so that the uppermost one of the sheet... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4012622 | Method and apparatus for counting small parts A method of counting small parts by feeding the parts in bulk to discharge a stream of parts into a separating region leading to a plurality of outlet channels, the separating region including spaced rods capable of spatially distributing the parts in a r... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3988874 | Poultry weighing and packing apparatus Poultry dropped from a conveyor line at a weighing station is automatically packed into containers by a container filling machine positioned below the weighing station. The birds received in the machine from the weighing station are rammed into an accumul... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3962564 | Apparatus for counting a stack of sheets There is disclosed apparatus, for counting a stack of sheets, of the kind (hereinafter referred to as "the kind described") comprising a counting head which in use is traversed along a corner of the stack, the head having a suction blade provided with a s... | 06/08/1976 |
