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6667473 Tablet monitoring system  
A monitoring system for adjusting a light source for a counting cell signal in a counting and dispensing system, which light deteriorates over time as a result of dust accumulation from the...
6535128 Method and apparatus for identification of objects  
A system for identifying and counting articles, such as laundry and dry cleaning items, using a preassigned identification tag. The system uses a plurality of spheres which are carried in an...
6206363 Catch tray attachment for sheet feeding machine  
A catch tray attachment for a sheet feeding machine allows rapid accumulation and manual removal of a predetermined count of sheet articles from the catch tray. The catch tray itself is adapted for...
6050485 Apparatus for counting recyclable returnable item having an air tight trap door mechanism  
An apparatus for counting recyclable, returnable items is provided. The apparatus includes a housing with an opening through which recyclable, returnable items ("returnables") are received for...
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...
5763861 Counter stacker for tortilla food products  
Problems in counting and stacking fried food products such as tostadas are solved by an improved counter/stacker device in which tortilla food products ride a first moving belt through a...
5629509 Axle counter with variable threshold setting  
An axle counter which compares axle passage pulses generated in an electromagnetic rail contact with a predetermined threshold value and, when this threshold value is exceeded, feeds an axle...
5258742 Gauze counter apparatus for surgical use  
A gauze-counting apparatus for surgical use, includes a support frame on is mounted a receiver hopper and a recording chamber. The hopper has a minimum passage section for a single gauze in which...
5153415 Counter for elastic rings  
This disclosure relates to a counter for elastic rings, comprising a screw having a spiral groove which is slightly wider than the width of an elastic ring and is slightly deeper than the thickness...
5072099 Container counting apparatus  
Apparatus for counting opaque and transparent containers has a movable conveyor which delivers such containers along a path to a discharge zone. The conveyor path is separated by dividers into...
5005192 Method of and apparatus for counting flat objects in a stream of partially overlapping objects  
The sheets of a stream of partially overlapping sheets are counted during transport past a generator of ultrasonic waves which is operated by a control unit at a frequency such that each sheet...
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...
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...
4851655 Check positioning system for use in an automatic check printing apparatus  
The check positioning system includes a guide tray (12) which in turn includes a guiding edge (31). Roller assemblies (18,20,22) in combination with associated lower gripping wheels (40,42,44) and...
4849999 Laundry transfer and counting apparatus  
The invention includes an apparatus for and method of moving textile articles such as pieces of laundry or the like comprising an enclosed passageway having two opposing open ends, and at least one...
4775782 Checkout counter with remote keyboard writing pad and display  
A checkout counter includes an optical scanning system mounted therein and includes a cover member positioned in the top surface of the counter having an aperture through which the scanning system...
4768209 Magnetic induction counting device  
A magnetic induction counting device includes: an inductive source having a permanent magnetic member disposed therein and a structure adapted to be worn on a worker's hand during material handling...
4743742 Counting device for fish, especially smolt  
A counting device for fish, especially smolt, comprising a pipe that is open at both ends and is adapted for being secured at one end to a vessel containing a quantity of fish to be counted. To the...
4731802 Apparatus for counting substantially cylindrical articles  
An apparatus for counting substantially cylindrical articles comprises a rotatable elevator cylinder having a circumferential series of compartments for the articles on the inside surface of the...
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...
4677283 Device for counting and loading small items into containers  
A counting and batching device for items such as tablets, capsules or caplets is faster than the electronic radial feeder counters, and is more easily adjustable for different quantities, sizes and...
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...
4580280 Photoelectric counter with substantially unitary housing  
A compact, unitary non-contacting counting device includes a housing with contains a photoelectric sensor adapted to monitor the passage of articles and emit responsive electrical signals and a...
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...
4396828 Pill counter  
Counter for pills, including an inclined tray and a photoelectric counter serving a digital readout.
4395625 Container counter  
A container counter for counting elongated objects such as empty beverage cans including a hopper for receiving objects to be counted, a plurality of chutes located below and communicating with the...
4390779 Method and apparatus for detecting articles moving in a continuous stream  
A method and apparatus for counting indeterminately spaced articles traveling in a continuous stream. Successive individual lead articles of the stream are diverted from their direction of movement...
4335874 Sheet counting apparatus  
The invention relates to apparatus for counting flexible sheets contained in a stack, such as a pile of banknotes. The apparatus is of the type which has a rotary sheet removing assembly including...
4217491 Counting system for articles conveyed in a stream  
An electro-optical device mounted over a conveyed stream of articles for sensing the passage of each article by projecting a single spot of light onto the articles and measuring the reflectance of...
4151402 System and apparatus for counting hanging garments  
A system and apparatus employs a photo sensor moving relatively to specially configured garment hangers to register electronically the number of garment hangers and in turn the garments suspended...
4139766 Apparatus and method for counting fruits and other objects  
Apparatus and method for the counting of objects and in particular fruits such as oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and the like, which are randomly continuously presented by a conveyor or other means...
4127766 Automatic and accurate passenger counter with storage and retrieval  
Disclosed is an apparatus for determining the number of moving objects which completely traverse a given path. The apparatus provides an array of light sensors which are placed adjacent the path. A...
RE29470 Control mechanisms for document-handling apparatus  
In a document-handler adapted for feeding, separating and stacking sheets and the like, control means for sensing and counting separated sheets and having a capability of counting, statistically...
4024381 Article counting and grouping apparatus  
An apparatus for counting and grouping articles has a discharge end through which the articles are discharged in consecutive groups, each having a predetermined number of articles; a first conveyor...
4015110 Electronic control means for paper counting and handling machines  
Electronic control means for a paper handling and counting machine. An LED array provides a visual display of the number of paper documents counted during either normal counting or "batching"...
3971918 Method and apparatus for measuring the number of stacked corrugated cardboards  
A method and an apparatus for measuring the number of a plurality of stacked corrugated cardboards. The one end of the stack is scanned horizontally and vertically by a photoelectric sensor,...
3935997 Pleat counter apparatus  
A sheet of pleated material is fed from a roll onto a moving belt. A guide means maintains the sheet in alignment. A light source is reflected off the pleats and the reflections from the peaks of...
3928751 Seed population monitor  
A seed population monitor for a planter senses seeds for each row being planted. A seed counter counts the seeds for a row being planted over a predetermined distance of travel by the planter and a...
3928753 Small object counting apparatus  
Small objects, such as pharmaceutical capsules from a production stream, are counted with speed and accuracy. The objects are delivered to a hopper from which they are picked up by a rotating...
3900718 System for counting pills and the like  
This invention provides a means for counting small articles, in which the items are not constrained to pass in single file through a count-sensing element, but instead may be permitted to pass in...
3878945 Method and apparatus for counting and packaging can ends  
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for receiving a flow of can ends and automatically separating from said flow a stack having a predetermined number of can ends. The...
3870868 Control mechanisms for document-handling apparatus  
In a document-handler adapted for feeding, separating and stacking sheets and the like, control means for sensing and counting separated sheets and having a capability of counting, statistically...
3835306 REFLECTION-TYPE COUNTER  
A reflection-type counter for counting a plurality of adjacent edges of reflective material as for example the number of convolutions in a coil of reflective material or the number of sheets in a...
3813522 COUNTING SYSTEM FOR ARTICLES IN A STREAMLINED STACK  
A newspaper counting system wherein a streamlined stack of papers passes beneath a sensor, the sensor directing a jet of air toward the stack and senses disruption of the jet each time the leading...
3789194 RELATING TO COUNTING MACHINES  
A machine for counting articles, comprising means for dispersing a flow of articles to be counted into separate streams, means for providing a substantially even flow of articles to the dispersing...
3760166 RANDOM FLOW COUNTER  
A highly accurate counting technique for large numbers of randomly flowing, discrete solid particular sample materials such as capsules utilizing a feeder-sensor assembly and associated circuitry...
3737666 COUNTER FOR A STREAM OF OVERLAPPED ARTICLES  
A mechanism for counting the number of articles in a stream of overlapped articles which move past a datum point. Each article has a leading edge that presents a step as it passes the datum point...
3692980 COUNTER FOR VARIABLE SIZE AND SHAPE OBJECTS  
A counter for counting objects (like parcels) passing over a conveyor belt. A plurality of belt-type conveyors is used to spread the parcels and to deliver them to a sampling line which includes a...
3692985 OPTICAL COUNTING METHOD AND APPARATUS  
The rapid and accurate counting of articles positioned in closely spaced relationship on a support is disclosed. The technique is implemented with the use of a movable detector head employing a...
3678254 MISSING CONTAINER DETECTOR  
A control apparatus for a missing container detector comprises a photoelectric cell mounted on a suitable frame at a control station along a conveyor belt for sensing the presence of a case at said...
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