Patents by Inventor Raymond W. Herbst

Raymond W. Herbst has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5793217
    Abstract: A capacitance sensor assembly for use with a label detection and registration system for detecting a lateral edge of a label on a web bearing a plurality of such labels and moving in a longitudinal direction through a capacitance gap in the sensor assembly. The capacitance sensor assembly includes a reference plate electrode, and a pair of sensor electrodes extending substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the reference plate electrode to form the capacitance gap. The pair of sensor electrodes has a differential capacitance, when the web bearing the plurality of labels thereon is in the capacitance gap, which is used to provide a signal indicative of the lateral edge of the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Automated Quality Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond W. Herbst, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5650730
    Abstract: A capacitance sensor assembly for use with a label detection and registration system for detecting a lateral edge of a label on a web bearing a plurality of such labels and moving in a longitudinal direction through a capacitance gap in the sensor assembly. The capacitance sensor assembly includes a reference plate electrode, and a pair of sensor electrodes extending substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the reference plate electrode to form the capacitance gap. The pair of sensor electrodes has a differential capacitance, when the web bearing the plurality of labels thereon is in the capacitance gap, which is used to provide a signal indicative of the lateral edge of the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Automated Quality Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond W. Herbst, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4933676
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter circuit having an interface and control logic for access and control by a computer processor. The converter has a total of eleven analog voltages coupled to its inputs, three of which are selectable by the computer processor each time the converter is activated. The remaining eight analog voltages may be addressably selected by the computer processor, to enable any single analog voltage to be converted and transferred to the processor during each conversion cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Technology 80, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Hauge, Raymond W. Herbst