For Start Or Stop Of Control From Given Input Source Patents (Class 234/20)
  • Smart punching
    Patent number: 7762168
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus provided with a sheet punching device and a processor unit for controlling the apparatus, said processor unit being adapted to enable an operator to specify sheet size, sheet orientation, and hole positions in batches of sheets being processed and creating a staggered stack of sheets by stacking said batches of sheets with holes aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Océ-Technologies B.V.
    Inventor: Robertus C. W. T. M. Van Den Tillaart
  • System and method for tool use management
    Patent number: 7684891
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for tool use management wherein a CNC machine retains information identifying the tools associated with the machine as well as their current locations (if any), and executes an algorithm for determining the source tools needed by a part program and matching the source tools with the available tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hurco Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Okrongli, Robert J. Gorgol, Jr., Aleksandr Shkiler, Gerald Traicoff, Kishore Lankalapalli