Patents Assigned to D'Automatisme CGA-HBS
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Patent number: 5212909Abstract: A passage (1) with monitored authorization of access is provided with a closure device using a barrier (2) hinged about a vertical axis .gamma.. The passage includes at least one such barrier (2) with an end thereof situated adjacent to the vertical axis .gamma.. Rectilinear guides (6 to 9) guide the axis .gamma. along a line .DELTA. parallel to the through direction of the passage. The barrier is further provided with a hinged link (4) which is hinged firstly about a vertical axis .gamma..sub.1 situated along the barrier (2), and secondly about a vertical axis .gamma..sub.2 situated in the vicinity of the line .DELTA.. A drive system (10 to 13, 22 to 24) opens and closes the passage by causing the vertical axis .gamma. to slide along the line .DELTA.. The vertical axis .gamma. is situated at a distance l from the line .DELTA.. The length of the barrier (2) between the vertical axis .gamma. and the vertical axis .gamma..sub. 1 is equal to L. The passage is characterized in that the length L.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1991Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA HBSInventor: Claude Morin
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Patent number: 5211389Abstract: A removable stacker for automatic mail sorting system comprises a stacking area, a mobile wall adapted to hold documents on edge and to move against the action of a return device as the stacker is filled and an articulated flap adapted to assume a first position in which it is retracted and a second position in which it cooperates with the mobile wall to grip the documents during manipulation of the removable stacker. A system is provided for maintaining the flap in its second position against the action of the weight of the stacked documents.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1991Date of Patent: May 18, 1993Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Olivier Roch, Frederic Mestrallet
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Patent number: 5209168Abstract: A security system for a metal cabinet door comprises a latch adapted to be locked by a lock operating the latching members of the door. These comprise upper and lower strip members each having a plurality of hooks each of which, when the door is closed and latched, is engaged in an opening formed in a locking profiled member attached to the cabinet and at least one rotating sector whose rotation axis is perpendicular to the plane of the door. When the door is closed and latched the sector(s) enter an opening in a longitudinal member attached to the cabinet on the same side as the hinge(s). The sector is operated in the unlatching direction by the latch through a cable and in the latching direction by a return spring.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1992Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Claude Chapron, Alain Chappot, Dominique Damas
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Patent number: 5184071Abstract: A non-destructive eddy current test device using additive flux/substractive flux switching includes a generator supplying a sinusoidal signal, two power amplifiers of equal and opposite gain, a changeover relay, two impedances and two coils forming a Wheatstone bridge, an amplifier controlled by a binary signal to add or subtract and two synchronous detectors for supplying signals representing the real part and the imaginary part of the difference between the complex impedances of the coils. A control device supplies to the changeover relay and to the amplifier a control signal for obtaining additive or subtractive fluxes in the two coils and for respectively subtracting or adding the two output voltages of the Wheatstone bridge. The device is applicable to the non-destructive testing of metal parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1991Date of Patent: February 2, 1993Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventor: Jean-Pierre Tasca
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Patent number: 5172058Abstract: An embodiment comprises a generator constituted by a quartz crystal oscillator and programmable frequency dividers; a power amplifier providing a periodic excitation signal, of squarewave form; two coils electromagnetically coupled to a metal part to be tested; and measuring means comprising two synchronous detectors for measuring the real part and the imaginary part of the difference between the complex impedances of the coils. The frequency stability of the generator effects an improvement in the accuracy of the impedance measurements, when these measurements are made at different frequencies. For application to non-destructive testing of metal parts by eddy currents, at different frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1991Date of Patent: December 15, 1992Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventor: Jean-Pierre Tasca
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Patent number: 5103489Abstract: In a method of locating addresses on articles to be sorted, such as mail items of many different kinds, a specific addressing mark is associated with the address on an addressing label or other addressing support. The mark comprises a ring and an asymmetric logotype.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1991Date of Patent: April 7, 1992Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventor: Emmanuel Miette
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Patent number: 5044877Abstract: The magazine has slats for advancing flat articles to an unstacking head. The magazine comprises a first zone into which articles are loaded and along which they are advanced by removable slats, which slats are individually mounted in the first zone, being held and guided therein and also being driven therealong. The magazine also includes a second zone for stocking slats that are not in use, with the second zone being formed adjacent to the unstacking terminal portion of the first zone and being equipped for removing the slats form the first zone, and for transferring the removed slats into a stock of slats. The invention is applicable to separating postal items one by one.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1990Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Bernard Constant, Gilbert Del Fabro
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System for reading and encoding a magnetic track carried by a manually-displaced supporting document
Patent number: 5028768Abstract: A system for reading and encoding a magnetic track (2) carried by a supporting document (1) which is displaced manually past read and write members, the magnetic track comprising a first portion (3) on which a fixed first encoded message characteristic of the supporting document is recorded, said message being encoded by means of an encoding system which conveys its own clock signal, the first portion of the track being followed by a second portion (6) in which a variable second encoded message is written each time the supporting document goes past said read and write members, wherein the read and write members comprise three magnetic heads in alignment, comprising a first head (9) which is a read head, a second head (10) which is a write head, and a third head (11) which is a read head, the write head (10) being connected to a write signal generator (12) having a first input (13) which receives data representative of said variable message to be recorded on said second portion of the magnetic track, and a secType: GrantFiled: September 21, 1989Date of Patent: July 2, 1991Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Compagnie Generale d'Automatise CGA HBSInventors: Jean-Michel Kevorkian, Jacques Smeets -
Patent number: 4977501Abstract: A payment system for transport vehicles includes a transmitter within each vehicle enclosure for transmitting information within the vehicle enclosure indicating a fare to be charged between successive vehicle stops as well as the location of the next vehicle stop. A ticket for each user includes a data processing unit, including a memory, and transceiver circuitry. Transceiver circuitry on the vehicle at a passenger boarding point interrogates the ticket to ensure a credit balance while also causing the ticket to store the location of the point of entry. Between successive stops, the transmitter equipment within the vehicle enclosure transmits signals indicating the fare to be charged for travel between successive stops, as well as the location of the next vehicle stop. The data processing unit on the ticket stores the location of the next vehicle stop while also decrementing the credit balance maintained in memory.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1989Date of Patent: December 11, 1990Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventor: Jean Patrick Lefevre
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Patent number: 4971513Abstract: The installation comprises a delivery conveyor (4) for delivering unit items in buckets (5). A station (3) injects unit items onto the delivery conveyor. A sorting conveyor (6) carries packs (8) corresponding to respective batches to be made up. The sorting conveyor is disposed relative to said delivery conveyor so as to establish at least one item transfer zone therebetween. A central control unit (10) ensure that desired coincidences occur between item-containing buckets (5) and packs (8) for receiving the items, with the control units controlling the transfer of items from the buckets to the packs. The invention is particularly applicable to making up batches of items in response to orders therefor.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1989Date of Patent: November 20, 1990Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Jean-Marcel Bergerioux, Claude Pavie, Christian Plent
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Patent number: 4908500Abstract: A system for automatically reading identification data on a vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a television camera connected to a processor unit, with a memory unit containing an identification data list relating to n vehicles, said list being pre-acquired or being acquired at the beginning of each transaction, and means for reading the contents of the memory and for comparing said contents with the output signal from the processor unit to supply a recognition or non-recognition signal which is applied to automatic control means for controlling a device that authorizes or does not authorize access. For each vehicle, said identification data is constituted by the vehicle number plate which is associated with an additional optical marker adjacent to the number plate, said marker being selected in such a manner as to produce a highly characteristic video signal which is easily analyzed by said processor unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1988Date of Patent: March 13, 1990Assignee: Campagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGa-HBSInventor: Philippe Baumberger
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Patent number: 4877229Abstract: A method of extracting and accelerating flat objects such as postal items which are presented in the outlet position of an unstacking head for use by a machine downstream therefrom, the method making use of a clamp for grasping postal items one-by-one and of various sensors (7) such as photoelectric cells, serving to indicate the presence of a postal item in the outlet position of the unstacking head, or in the field of action of the clamp, or serving to indicate that the clamp is in a waiting position or in an end-of-stroke position, the method being characterized in that it essentially comprises the following stages:moving the clamp to a waiting position;when the presence of a postal item is expected in the outlet position from the unstacking head, driving the carriage towards the outlet position of the unstacking head;when the presence of the postal item is detected within the field of action of the clamp, the clamp is closed and the carriage is driven towards the downstream machine;as soon as the presenceType: GrantFiled: June 30, 1988Date of Patent: October 31, 1989Assignee: Societe anonyme dite: Compagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Emmanuel Delbe, Francois Gillet, Etienne Serot, Raymond Chifflet, Roland Allio, Philippe Jeantin, Gilbert Del Fabro, Guy Forella
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Patent number: 4874281Abstract: The installation comprises a delivery conveyor (4) for delivering unit items in buckets (5). A station (3) injects unit items onto the delivery conveyor. A sorting conveyor (6) carries packs (8) corresponding to respective batches to be made up. The sorting conveyor is disposed relative to the delivery conveyor so as to establish at least one item transfer zone therebetween. A central control unit (10) ensure that desired coincidences occur between item-containing buckets (5) and packs (8) for receiving the items, with the control units controlling the transfer of items form the buckets to the packs. The invention is particularly applicable to making up batches of items in response to orders therefor.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1987Date of Patent: October 17, 1989Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Compagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Jean-Marcel Bergerioux, Claude Pavie, Christian Plent
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Patent number: 4870799Abstract: An installation for making up batches of articles, the installation being characterized in that it comprises at least one work station for one operator, said station including a storage member (4) for storing said articles species-by-species, said articles each being provided with automatically readable identification means, said station also including a reader (19) for automatically reading the said identification means and a hatch (17) communicating with a chute (18) whose opening is controllable, said installation further including an endless chain of buckets (21) disposed in such a manner that the buckets pass beneath the chutes, and a moving belt (25) disposed beneath the buckets and receiving the boxes (26) for receiving the batches of articles via an inlet station, each bucket being provided with a controllable pivoting device in order to cause the article contained therein to fall into a box, the installation including a station (20) from which loaded boxes are removed and being controlled by a computType: GrantFiled: February 26, 1988Date of Patent: October 3, 1989Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Compagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Jean-Marcel Bergerioux, Claude Pavie, Christian Plent, Bernard Constant
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Patent number: 4844631Abstract: The platen (11) is mounted between two side plates (9-10) of equipment which is hinged to two risers (5-6) to rotate about an axis .gamma. running parallel to the axis of the platen. The platen is provided with a freewheel mechanism including an inner ring (28) which is connected to the platen and an outer ring (29) which is provided with a peg (31) engaged in a slot (8) in a fixed member (7). The slot is situated on the opposite side of the platen axis .DELTA. relative to the axis of rotation .gamma. and in substantially the same plane. Detector means (36-37) for detecting the presence of a document in an insertion channel (17) cause the platen to rotate in the direction in which the freewheel mechanism drives the outer ring, thereby pressing the peg against the slot and rocking the equipment about the axis .gamma. thus allowing a document to pass between the print head and the platen until it meets an abutment (14) which is moved into place by the rocking action.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1987Date of Patent: July 4, 1989Assignee: Compagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Jean-Marc Feron, Michel Prasloix
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Patent number: 4836825Abstract: A coin recognizing selector (3) is followed by a buffer coin box (5) serving as a temporary store for newly inserted coins. The buffer has a stepping motor-indexable, bottomless and topless, circular loading magazine with P+2 radial cells bounded by radial walls, within a stationary cartridge. The cartridge has a bottom opening two magazine cells wide, equipped with a bolt (36) operable to either close off the opening completely or close off either its right or left side. N identical coin stores (6 to 11) are arranged coaxially one below the other to make change, are supplied from the buffer (5) and feed either a coin collection box (12) or a coin return tray (4) arranged in parallel beneath the storage decks. The bolts (36) are controlled to release coins from the stores to the coin box (12) or return tray (4), or from the buffer (5) to one of the stores (6 to 11), each store being assigned coins of a specific denomination.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1988Date of Patent: June 6, 1989Assignee: Compagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Jacques Smeets, Marcel Dupuy, Paul Rossi
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Patent number: 4805226Abstract: Apparatus for processing images which have been sampled on a rectangular grid and which have been binary digitized with one bit per pixel, each pixel being considered in relation to at least some of the eight surrounding pixels in the rectangular grid. The apparatus includes a control unit (4), a random access memory (5) for storing the pixel bits, and a feedback loop connecting the image memory output to its input via at least one feedback assembly (6) comprising shift register unit (6A, 6B), a function memory (7) and a selector (8). The shift register units comprises at least one write unit (6A) and at least one read unit (6B), with the read unit being connected to the output of the image memory and being connected to supply nine bits simultaneously to the input of the function memory. The nine bits correspond to a pixel under examination and to the eight surrounding pixels, and are changed at each shift of the shift register units.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1986Date of Patent: February 14, 1989Assignee: Compagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventor: Patrick Guebey
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Patent number: 4802665Abstract: A belt and pulley conveyor device for flat objects comprises a substantially linear input conveyor and a substantially linear output conveyor orthogonal to the input conveyor. The input of the output conveyor is substantially contiguous with the output of the input conveyor. A chute is adapted to link the input and output conveyors. It has an object input/output and is adapted to pivot between an idle position in which it extends the output of the input conveyor and a transfer position in which it extends the input of the output conveyor. A control device is adapted to move the chute between the idle and transfer positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1987Date of Patent: February 7, 1989Assignee: Compagnie Generale D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Roland Allio, Raymond Chifflet, Phillipe Jeantin
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Patent number: 4781355Abstract: A holder for selectively manipulating small format flat objects and large format flat objects comprises a support assembly adapted to pivot between two stable positions. This assembly is formed by first and second members attached perpendicularly to respective opposite sides of a third member. The first and third members form an L-shaped support for large format objects in one of the two stable positions. The second and third members form a T-shaped assembly. A base has an inclined end portion on which the support assembly is pivotally mounted at a point between the second member and the point at which the first member and the second member are attached together. As a result, the support assembly pivots about an axis which is substantially coincident with the intersection of the second and third members. A first of the two stable positions is defined by an abutting relationship between the inclined end portion of the base and the second member.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1987Date of Patent: November 1, 1988Assignee: Companie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventor: Philippe Jeantin
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Patent number: 4778062Abstract: A system for coding flat objects, in particular letters, comprises a manual coding station to enable a human operator to print coded indications on flat objects that a conveyor moves before him, using a printer. An optical addressing information reader on the upstream side of the manual coding station is adapted to control the printing of coded indications appropriate to information previously marked on the objects that it is able to recognize. A switching device on the path of the conveyor on the downstream side of the optical reader is used to route the objects to the printer from the optical reader either directly or via the manual coding station, where the operator controls the printing of coded indications appropriate to information previously marked on the objects marked on the objects that he is able to recognize.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1986Date of Patent: October 18, 1988Assignee: Compagnie General D'Automatisme CGA-HBSInventors: Claude Pavie, Patrick Guebey