With Sensing Of Product Or Product Handling Means Patents (Class 83/61)
  • Patent number: 11691443
    Abstract: A control method of a tape printing apparatus the method including performing a blade closing operation using a half cutter in a state in which rotation of a platen roller is stopped and subsequently performing a blade opening operation, causing a discharge feeding section to operate in a period from after the half cutter starts the blade opening operation and until the platen roller starts rotating, and determining presence or absence of a tape in a discharge feeding section based on a detection signal output from a discharge sensor during an operation of the discharge feeding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsaku Kosuge
  • Patent number: 11685628
    Abstract: Provided are a placement table configured to place a medium onto which liquid is discharged, a perforation member configured to perform perforation by imparting a shear force to the medium placed at the placement table, a die hole provided at the placement table, a perforation member moving section configured to move the perforation member between a standby position above the die hole and a perforating position at which the perforation member enters the die hole, and a control unit configured to control operation of the perforation member moving section, wherein when the control unit obtains perforation failure information during perforating operation in which the perforation member starts moving from the standby position and moves through the perforating position to the standby position, the control unit is configured to control the perforation member moving section so that a shear force is again imparted to the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Miyakawa, Hirohisa Adachi
  • Patent number: 11543361
    Abstract: A method to minimize applying joint compound and sanding by illuminating an area of the gypsum board to show anomalies thereon includes a step of providing a plurality of wireless lighting devices operable by a common remote controller, a step of removably attaching these devices in a spaced-apart arrangement and using the remote controller to energize all lighting devices to identify remaining anomalies. All lighting devices are turned off once the next coat of joint compound is applied and then turned on after it dries to illuminate the remaining surface anomalies. Operation of lighting devices is accomplished without removing or repositioning thereof to assure consistency of illumination over the entire work period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: James Scott Korman
  • Patent number: 10640058
    Abstract: A support for overlengths of cable bundles, includes a rear wall by which the support is fixed, an almost-toroidal cavity, at least one axial indentation, and a cover. The almost-toroidal cavity is delimited by: the rear wall; an inner wall determining a small diameter of the almost-toroidal cavity; and an outer wall determining a large diameter, greater than the small diameter, of the almost-toroidal cavity. The cover is fixed removably such that: the almost-toroidal cavity is open, on the front side of the support, over a whole length of the almost-toroidal cavity when the cover is removed and forms an almost-circular groove; and the almost-toroidal cavity is closed, except for the at least one axial indentation, when the cover is fixed. A vehicle including such a support and a method for installing a cable bundle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: STELIA AEROSPACE
    Inventors: Jonathan Pay, Antony Paoly
  • Patent number: 10549330
    Abstract: A live pilot sensing apparatus is presented herein. The apparatus includes a pneumatic cylinder, sensing plate, and at least one stabilizing plate. The cylinder includes a piston and is configured to connect to the die of a stamping system. The sensing plate is configured to connect with the distal end of the piston. The stabilizing plate is configured to connect with an exposed segment along the cylinder piston, between the sensing plate and cylinder. Moreover, the piston is configured to react upon substantial contact between the sensing plate and a portion of a foreign object within the stamping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Thomas M. Foreman
  • Patent number: 8948903
    Abstract: A machine tool device having a monitoring unit for monitoring at least one machine tool monitoring range, the monitoring unit having an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit has a computing unit which is provided to distinguish at least two motions in the machine tool monitoring range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Niehsen, Jochen Wingbermuehle, Matthias Heiler
  • Patent number: 8661951
    Abstract: A hand-guided power tool has a drive motor and a drive element connected to and driven by the drive motor. A working tool is connected to the drive element and driven by the drive element. A braking device is correlated with the drive element, wherein the braking device in a first state, in which the braking device is applied, blocks the drive element and in a second state, in which the braking device is released, releases the drive element so that the drive elements can rotate freely. The braking device has a brake lever and a sensor that detects the first and second states of the braking device. A control unit is provided, wherein an output signal of the sensor as a state signal of the first state or the second state is supplied to the control unit. The control unit, based on the state signal, controls devices of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ernst Gorenflo
  • Patent number: 8640586
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating cutting of unit dose blisters from a blister card is provided. The apparatus may include a platform, a clamp, a blade and a sensor. The blister card may be positionable on the platform for cutting. The clamp may be positionable to hold a portion of the blister card in contact with the platform for cutting when the clamp is seated. The clamp may be operatively coupled to a guillotine head. The blade may also be operatively coupled to the guillotine head. The guillotine head may be configured to move the blade through a range of motion that intersects a plane of the platform. The sensor may be positioned to detect a seating status of the clamp to enable control of movement of the guillotine head based on the seating status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: McKesson Automation Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Jaynes
  • Patent number: 8256590
    Abstract: A vibration suppressing device and a vibration suppressing method that are capable of obtaining an accurate optimum rotation speed and shortening a time period from generation of chatter vibration to calculation of the optimum rotation speed are provided. The vibration suppressing device includes: vibration sensors for detecting time-domain vibrational accelerations of a rotary shaft in rotation; and a control device for calculating a chatter frequency and a frequency-domain vibrational acceleration of the rotary shaft at the chatter frequency on the basis of the time-domain vibrational accelerations detected by the vibration sensors, and when the calculated frequency-domain vibrational acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold value, calculating an optimum rotation speed on the basis of a predetermined parameter, and rotating the rotary shaft at the calculated optimum rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Okuma Corporation, National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventors: Norikazu Suzuki, Eiji Shamoto, Hiroshi Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20110232435
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating cutting of unit dose blisters from a blister card is provided. The apparatus may include a platform, a clamp, a blade and a sensor. The blister card may be positionable on the platform for cutting. The clamp may be positionable to hold a portion of the blister card in contact with the platform for cutting when the clamp is seated. The clamp may be operatively coupled to a guillotine head. The blade may also be operatively coupled to the guillotine head. The guillotine head may be configured to move the blade through a range of motion that intersects a plane of the platform. The sensor may be positioned to detect a seating status of the clamp to enable control of movement of the guillotine head based on the seating status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Jaynes
  • Publication number: 20090266207
    Abstract: The safety device mainly contains a main controller, a detector, and an emergency braking member. The main controller contains a detection member connecting the detector, an alarm member producing visual or audible alarm, and a driving member for activating the emergency braking member to reverse or stop the motor of the machine tool. The detection member could be an electrostatic detection unit, or a capacitance detection unit, or a combination of the two. The detector is positioned on a top surface of a platform and in front of a saw of the machine tool. The detector could also be part of an axle of the saw so that the saw is effectively an extension of the detector and provides both cutting and safety functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: CHIH-HUI CHIU, JUN-DA WU, BO-JYUN SIAO
  • Publication number: 20090165615
    Abstract: A table saw 10 includes a table 14 supported on a mount base 12, and a saw blade 25 rotated by a motor 22 and protruding upwardly from the table 14, so that a workpiece can be cut by the saw blade 25 as it is slidably moved on the table 14. In addition, the table saw 10 includes a cutting condition detection device for determining whether or not the workpiece is being cut, a vibration sensor 30 for detecting an acceleration of vibration, and a motor stopping device for stopping the motor 22 when the acceleration of the vibration detected by the vibration sensor 30 exceeds an acceptable value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishimiya, Hidekazu Suda
  • Publication number: 20080245200
    Abstract: There is described a control system for an electrically powered saw of the type incorporating a table through which the blade of the saw passes. The control system comprises a clamping mechanism (16, 16a) having clamping members (18, 20) counter-rotatable relative to one another to clamp the blade (4) in use to stop travel of the blade in event of an operator coming into electrical contact with the blade during use of the saw. The control system monitors for an electrical signal conducted between the operator and the blade or the blade and the operator upon contact of the operator with the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: BLADESTOP PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Clyde Mark Campbell
  • Publication number: 20080087148
    Abstract: A calibration procedure is carried out for determining the displacement distance from a reference point to the center of the blade in a web cutter in a mail inserter. A photosensor is placed near the paper plane of the web cutter to sense a web edge at the reference point downstream or upstream from the blade. At the start of the calibration procedure, the blade is caused to cut the web for providing a web edge. The web edge is moved in a backward and forward motion over the photosensor a few times for determining the theoretical center position of the photosensor relative to the position where the web is cut by the blade. By taking into account the chip-out width, the displacement distance from the center of the photosensor to the center of the chip out blade can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Arthur H. DePoi, John F. Pezzuti, John W. Sussmeier, Daniel J. Williams
  • Patent number: 7089830
    Abstract: A wrench includes a handle, a head, a drive member rotatably mounted in the head, two pawls, an elastic element for biasing at least one of the pawls to engage with the drive member, and a pivotable switch. An end of each pawl defines a space. The end of each pawl further includes a protrusion. The spaces of the pawls overlap with each other and the protrusion of each pawl is located in the space of the other pawl. The switch includes an actuating member extending into the overlapped spaces of the pawls and between the protrusions of the pawls. The actuating member of the switch is pivotable to engage with and thus move the protrusion of one of the pawls, disengaging the pawl from the drive member and thereby changing a driving rotation direction and a free rotation direction of the wrench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Patent number: 7055426
    Abstract: A positive piece engagement indicator for marking tool is provided in which a metal workpiece is contacted with a workpiece contact probe for providing physical contact with, as well as electrical communication with the metal surface of a workpiece. A test voltage and indicator means are placed in series between the workpiece and marking tool. Upon physical contact of the marking tool engagement surface with the surface of the metal workpiece, a circuit is completed by the electrical communication there between, thereby engaging the indicator means. This allows positive verification of actual engagement of worktool to workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Raymond P. Gatta
  • Patent number: 7004054
    Abstract: The protective tape applied to the front surface of a semiconductor wafer to protect the wafer during backgrinding must be trimmed so that excess tape, known as tape bur, does not extend beyond the perimeter of the wafer. Tape bur may interfere with backgrinding by causing improper grinding, which may lead to wafer breakage. The tape cutter that trims the protective tape to eliminate tape bur is provided with a sensor which detects whether tape bur has been trimmed from the wafer. If tape bur has not been removed from the wafer, corrective action is taken to prevent the wafer from being backgrinded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Neo Chee Peng
  • Patent number: 6845695
    Abstract: The protective tape applied to the front surface of a semiconductor wafer to protect the wafer during backgrinding must be trimmed so that excess tape, known as tape bur, does not extend beyond the perimeter of the wafer. Tape bur may interfere with backgrinding by causing improper grinding, which may lead to wafer breakage. The tape cutter that trims the protective tape to eliminate tape bur is provided with a sensor which detects whether tape bur has been trimmed from the wafer. If tape bur has not been removed from the wafer, corrective action is taken to prevent the wafer from being backgrinded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Neo Chee Peng
  • Patent number: 5889675
    Abstract: A pickup device comprises a memory for storing therein positional data for parts, a camera for detecting a position of the parts, a displacement rate computing section for computing a displacement rate between the positional data stored and a position detected, a hand for picking up parts, a inserting posture deciding section for deciding a posture of the hand such as an inserting position or an inserting direction against the parts, a moving section for moving the hand according to the decided posture, a up-movement pin selecting section for selecting pins required for pushing up only desired parts, an interfering pin removing section for removing pins interfered by the hand, and a pin up-movement control section for raising the selected pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Minami, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Tomoya Okazaki
  • Patent number: 5575202
    Abstract: A safety device which prevents a gripping bar from being squeezed in a platen press that processes plate-like workpieces. This press comprises a fixed upper beam and a movable lower beam which is raised recurrently by a driving device. The safety device comprises a pick-up for emergency situations having the form of a cell for directly scanning the passage of the gripper bar, which cell is arranged at a point of the outlet of the gripper bar from the press. The cell will actuate a switch of an emergency braking device arranged in the drive of the lower beam. Preferably, the scanning cell is an inductive pick-up detecting the proximity of a metal mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Bobst SA
    Inventor: Hakan Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 5360213
    Abstract: A web separator is provided that cuts a web at predetermined separation locations. Downstream of the cutting, the web is folded at predetermined fold locations. A continuously swinging director, downstream of the folding, guides advancing sections of web to opposing fold edges of a supported zig-zag stack. The web is driven into the continuously swinging director by a driving member. The driving member is deactivated selectively by a clutch, while other elements of the separator continue to operate. A central drive motor may be interconnected with each of the drive member, swinging director, folding and support elements. Fold and separation locations may be determined by a bar code detector and selectively operable upper and lower conveyor belts may be disposed below the supported zig-zag stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Roll Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: H. W. Crowley, Joseph R. Bilinski
  • Patent number: 5287802
    Abstract: In a straps machine comprising strap-advancing rollers, a sensor for sensing whether a leading end of an advancing strap has reached a predetermined location within a predetermined time, and strap-retracting rollers, a severing and ejecting mechanism comprises a die and an anvil for severing the strap into a leading portion including the leading end and a trailing portion if the sensor has not sensed that the leading end has reached the predetermined location within the predetermined time. The mechanism also comprises a drivable roller, a motor for driving it, and two idle rollers on a pivotable yoke. The drivable roller and one of the idle rollers are operative for ejecting the leading portion after the strap has been severed. The drivable roller and the other idle roller are operative for feeding the trailing portion through the mechanism after the leading portion has been ejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Signode Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy B. Pearson
  • Patent number: 5244067
    Abstract: A detector on a wire lead machine includes a pair of contacts biased into a normally closed position. The wire is fed between the contacts, keeping the contacts open, and the insulation on the wire prevents electrical conductivity between the contacts. If the wire runs out, the contacts close to shut off the machine. Additionally, a splice on the wire establishes an electrical path between the contacts and, again, the machine is shut off. The detector includes a detection circuit which generates a control signal. In the event a splice is passing through the contacts, the detection circuit generates a control signal having a relatively short time duration (as for example, 100 microseconds) and holds the signal for a sufficient time period (as for example, 500 milliseconds). This allows a suitable control means (which may include a microprocessor) to shut off the machine because of either wire runout or a splice on the wire, thereby preventing serious damage to the machine and maintaining productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Skotek, George F. Bonifanti
  • Patent number: 5237896
    Abstract: There is disclosed an interlock between a wood working tool and a dust control system in which a standard pressure switch, which can be activated by negative or positive pressure, is located in the dust collector duct which extends to the wood working tool. The switch is electrically connected to the magnetic starter for the wood working tool. The pressure switch responses to a sensed condition of subatmospheric pressure in the dust collector duct to provide power to the woodworking tool, thus insuring that the dust collector system must be functioning to permit operation of the wood working tool. When the dust collector duct becomes blocked or the dust collector fails to function for any reason, the pressure in the duct rises, automatically activating the interlock and interrupting the power supply to the woodworking tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Inventors: Russell Albright, Stephen V. Galerkin
  • Patent number: 5091962
    Abstract: A plurality of individual frames or stampings provided in a sheet strip material by a stamping device are passed in proximity to a sensing device. As each individual frame or stamping is passed in proximity to the sensing device, the sensing device provides a voltage signal to a controller. The voltage signal is proportional to the amount of, or mass of, metallic material in each frame or stamping and the distance between the frame or stamping and the sensing device. The controller generates an individual waveform from the voltage signal for each frame passed in proximity to the sensing device. Each individual waveform is a function of the position of the movable portion of the stamping device for one cycle. As the plurality of individual frames are passed in proximity to the sensing device, a plurality of individual waveforms are generated within the controller. The waveforms are compared within the controller to detect a deviation between waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Oberg Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Malloy, William Baldwin
  • Patent number: 4894976
    Abstract: An automotive slicing machine includes a circuit for monitoring the operation of a card dispenser during the processing of a sliced product. In one embodiment, when the monitoring circuit detects that a card dispensing operation has not been performed for two consecutive drafts of a sliced product, the slicing operation is halted until an operator attends to the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: AMCA International Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L. Wallace, Robert K. Moore, Richard L. Beckner
  • Patent number: 4813320
    Abstract: A plurality of individual frames or stampings provided in a sheet strip material by a stamping device are passed in proximity to a sensing device. As each individual frame or stamping is passed in proximity to the sensing device, the sensing device provides a voltage signal to a controller. The voltage signal is proportional to the amount of, or mass of, metallic material in each frame or stamping and the distance between the frame or stamping and the sensing device. The controller generates an individual waveform from the voltage signal for each frame passed in proximity to the sensing device. Each individual waveform is a function of the position of the movable portion of the stamping device for one cycle. As the plurality of individual frames are passed in proximity to the sensing device, a plurality of individual waveforms are generated within the controller. The waveforms are compared within the controller to detect a deviation between waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Oberg Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Malloy, William Baldwin
  • Patent number: 4794963
    Abstract: An apparatus for optimizing the yield from a raw board, having defects randomly located therein, and for cutting the raw board optimally into product boards of predetermined specification, thereby cutting out any defects. The apparatus includes an adjustable fence located at a defect detection station, oriented along a path and movable transversely to the path. Located at the station are laser lines for temporarily forming lines lengthwise on the raw board. These laser lines cooperate with the fence to determine clear and full widths of the raw board. Also disclosed is a method for using the apparatus for optimizing the yield of the raw board. The clear width and full width information is transmitted to a computer while any waste portion is cut off and as all defects between the laser lines are being marked by an operator. In the meantime, the computer calculates an optimum solution for product to be cut from the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Nemschoff Chairs, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Oppeneer
  • Patent number: 4765213
    Abstract: A crooked cut detecting system consisting fundamentally of a sensor for sensing irregularities developed on a cut end of a material from which a section was cut away by a sawing machine, an arithmetic means for deriving as a developed crookedness the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the above irregularities, and a comparator to compare the developed crookedness with a standard value defining a maximum allowable crookedness. The operations of the above fundamental constituents are computerized so as to be incorporated in the operation of an ordinary automatic sawing machine, whereby successive irregular cutting operations of an automatic sawing machine can be eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Daito Seiki Company Limited
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 4205567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting mis-strippings in a press having a ram and upper and lower tools for punching workpieces. The apparatus comprises an electric circuit which is closed when the ram and the upper tool are in contact with each other. A relay is provided in the electric circuit and is actuated when the ram and the upper tool are brought out of contact with each other when the ram is returning from a bottom dead-center position to a top dead-center position. Also, a contact in the relay is connected with a main circuit for driving the press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Amada Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Hirata, Nobuyuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 4205769
    Abstract: A continuous web or laminate (32) of flexible material is indexed through a punch press (44) whereat holes of different shapes and sizes are punched in repetitive patterns through successive sections of the laminate. The laminate (32) is then moved beneath a light source (48) so that light passes through the holes and is sensed by a light-sensing camera (52) which laterally and cyclically scans at a rapid rate the underside of the moving laminate.During the rapid scanning by the camera (52), each hole may be scanned many times due to the size and shape of the hole. Consequently, light is sensed many times for the same hole and a corresponding number of signals are developed by the camera. A hole counting system (46), which receives the developed signals from the camera (52), includes a delay-and-compare circuit (66) wherein each signal related to a given hole is delayed by one scan cycle and compared with the next signal related to the same hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank H. Blitchington
  • Patent number: 4202433
    Abstract: An arrangement for protecting tools in a hydraulic press against overloading if a foreign object or body is present in a tool space of the hydraulic press. A displacement or travel switch monitors at least a portion of a path of movement of a press ram with a control member providing an output signal during a predetermined movement of the press ram. A control circuit evaluates a sequence of the output signals of the displacement or travel switch and the control member in such a manner that a fault signal is formed when the additional switching device provides an output signal prior to an output signal of the displacement or travel switch. The control member is arranged in a path of force of at least one component of the hydraulic press and is constructed as a signal transducer operating virtually stationarily as a function of pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: SMG Suddeutsche Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Horst Baltschun
  • Patent number: 4192414
    Abstract: An arrangement for protecting tools in a hydraulic press against overloading if an object is present in a tool space of the hydraulic press. A displacement switch monitors at least a portion of a path of movement of a press ram with an additional switching device providing an output signal during a predetermined movement of the press ram. A control circuit evaluates a sequence of the output signals of the displacement switch and additional switching device in such a manner that a fault signal is formed when the additional switching device provides an output signal prior to an output signal from the displacement switch. The additional switching device may be constructed as a switch element which provides an output signal in dependence upon a pressure or a speed of flow of a pressure medium in a hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: SMG Suddeutsche Maschinenbau Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Horst Baltschun
  • Patent number: 4182207
    Abstract: A machine for picking up stacks of sliced food obtained from a slicer and loading the stacks into cavities of a packager which then encloses same. The machine includes a transmission driven in synchronism with the packager that pivots a placer having spring closed doors for stack support from a load position wherein a ram loads each cavity, to an upper pick up position on an inclined, transmission driven, conveyor having suitable stops. The stops retract, and the conveyor pivots downwardly, as the placer moves the stacks to the load position without interference with the stops and the conveyor. Suitable feed conveyors load an escapement for the stacks for the sequential movement of the stacks to the stop positions. A control system is provided to regulate the flow of stacks from the slicer to the loader for continuous loader operation if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Assignee: Chemetron Corporation
    Inventors: William K. Switzer, Roland W. Wagner
  • Patent number: 4172415
    Abstract: A protection arrangement for a tool set in a hydraulic press in which press, a press ram can be moved by at least one rapid- or fast-stroke cylinder piston unit and at least one working stroke pressure unit in a working stroke direction. The protection arrangement protects the tools from an overloading by a foreign object or body situated in the tool space and includes a displacement or path switch monitoring a portion of the path of movement of the ram and a further switching element which responds during movement of the press ram, as well as a control circuit for evaluating the sequence of response of the displacement or path switch and the switching element in such a way that a fault signal is produced if the switching element responds before the path or displacement switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1979
    Assignee: SMG Suddeutsche Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Horst Baltschun
  • Patent number: 4142430
    Abstract: An envelope opener comprising first, second and third shear stations for shearing three edges of an envelope in sequence one edge at a time. Each shear station sequentially aligns the envelope by contacting the edge to be sheared, shears the contacted edge, and then releases the envelope. A microcomputer monitors the advance of the envelope through and between the shear stations and causes the shear stations to cyclically align, shear and release the envelope. A peel back station downstream of the shear station peels back a panel of the envelope to expose the contents thereof. If an envelope is jammed at or between any of the stations, the microcomputer actuates a display to indicate a jam condition. The microcomputer also shuts off power to the opener to prevent damage to the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: Amer-O-Matic Corp.
    Inventors: William J. Long, Charles A. Long, Jr., Robert L. Babanats, Larry W. Roberts, H. Ross Williams
  • Patent number: 4140390
    Abstract: Sensors are added to a conventional photoprinting machine, adjacent the edges of the photographic print paper and downstream of the marking system in the machine, for monitoring the presence and absence of cut marks and sort marks in or on the strip of photographic print paper. The sensors are coupled to a logical circuit and associated control circuits which provide the operator of the photoprinting machine with an indication of the operability of the marking system in said machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: System Planning Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas C. Schultheis, Charles S. Lerch, Jr., Raymond L. Harris
  • Patent number: 4125182
    Abstract: A controller for stopping a punch press when a stock material becomes jammed, includes: translating means for converting the motion of the stock material exiting from the punch press to rotational motion of rotating means which is operatively associated with said translating means, and a movable element, operatively associated with said rotating means. The rotational motion of rotating means produces centrifugal force which keeps the movable element in an operating position. As the stock material buckles or becomes jammed in the press, the motion of the exiting stock material ceases, causing a decrease in and/or subsequently elimination of the angular velocity of the rotating means and therefore a decrease in the magnitude of the centrifugal force. When the centrifugal force diminishes by a predetermined amount or is entirely eliminated, the movable element moves from the operating position to stopping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Inventor: Janusz R. Karlowicz
  • Patent number: 4065911
    Abstract: A combination bacon slicing, segregating and weighing machine is provided. The slicing machine has a slicing blade and controls for determining the rate of feed of the bacon belly towards the slicing blade and, consequently, the slice thickness. Receiving and conveying structure is associated with the weighing machine and receives the sliced product coming from the slicing machine. Control apparatus is designed for interruption of the operation of the feeding mechanism by appropriate controls when the slices are at a weight less than the prescribed draft weight. The apparatus then provides for weighing and registering the weight of the accumulated light weight group of sliced product and for counting the number of slices in the lighter group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Amtron, Division of the Sippican Corporation
    Inventor: John C. Fagan
  • Patent number: 4044639
    Abstract: Continuously cast plastic strip has interspaced marks or defects with lengths of unmarked usable strip therebetween. To obtain a maximum possible yield of sheets from such strip, the lengths of the portions between the marks or defects are measured and cut into sheets of two or more different lengths, the cutting being such as to produce the maximum yield of sheets of either or all lengths, singly or in combination, which can be obtained from the length cut. This procedure reduces the loss or waste due to the marks or defects, to a minimum. A special system is provided for this practice and for cutting out the marks or defects between the unmarked strip portions free from defects, with a minimum of loss or waste. Other features are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuji Kato
  • Patent number: 3991639
    Abstract: Apparatus for protecting tools of hydraulically operated fine punch presses of the type having a main piston as well as quick-closing pistons for imparting movement to the press ram. Keying pistons are arranged at the ram in series with and extending in the same direction as the quick-closing pistons to form a keying gap, variable in response to resistance pressure applied to the ram movement at or near the closing operation. A safety stop switch is arranged for detecting the keying gap and for effecting a stoppage of the machine in the event the keying gap is below a predetermined amount indicating an impediment in the path of the ram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: SMG Suddeutsche Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 3979980
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for protecting a press die and press frame from damage when stock has jammed therein. The apparatus includes a proximity sensor which senses metal entering the press, a proximity sensor to detect the stamped product, and a proximity sensor to detect the skeleton scrap metal left after the stamping. A press cycle detection sensor senses a cycle of the press and generates a timing pulse. Means for comparing signals generated by the proximity sensors is regulated by the timing pulse and includes a signal converter, a memory circuit, a signal comparator and a fault check operatively connected to one another. An output relay breaks the press circuit upon an appropriate signal.The process of protecting a press die includes sensing the input to determine if stock is present, generating an electrical impulse and storing the signal in a memory. The presence of the stamped product and the resultant scrap are noted and similar signals generated. The output signals are also fed to memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Biester, Eugene T. Balciunas