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Device for the detection of sheet-like objects

Assignee: Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV
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Filing: 1981-01-02
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-01-02
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Abstract

Abstract Device for the detection of a sheet-like object moving along a transport path (1). Both a light-sensitive element (10) and a light-emitting element (9) are arranged on one side of the transport path (1) and are each located in a channel (7, 8) which channels (7, 8) are not parallel to the plane of the transport path (1). Opposite said elements (9, 10) an optically-black chamber (12) is provided for making the device sensitive for all types of sheet-like materials.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jan Bonne Stienstra

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 07:34
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H7/00; B65H7/02; B65H7/14; G; G01; G01V; G01V8/00; G01V8/10; G01V8/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 119 words
Device for the detection of a sheet-like object which moves along a transport path (1), in which a light-sensitive element (10) and a light-emitting element (9) are arranged on one side of the transport path (1), and the light-emitting (9) and the light-sensitive (10) elements are each located in a channel (7, 8), the axis lines of said channels (7, 8) being not at a right angle (a) with respect to the same perpendicular to the plane of the transport path (1), characterized in that the axis lines of the channels (7, 8) intersect in the plane of the transport path (1) and in that an optically-black chamber (12) is provided on the other side of the transport path.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 119 words
Device for the detection of a sheet-like object which moves along a transport path (1), in which a light-sensitive element (10) and a light-emitting element (9) are arranged on one side of the transport path (1), and the light-emitting (9) and the light-sensitive (10) elements are each located in a channel (7, 8), the axis lines of said channels (7, 8) being not at a right angle (a) with respect to the same perpendicular to the plane of the transport path (1), characterized in that the axis lines of the channels (7, 8) intersect in the plane of the transport path (1) and in that an optically-black chamber (12) is provided on the other side of the transport path.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 61 words
Device in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the height of the transport path (1) is at its maximum identical with the product of the main dimension of the section of each channel (7, 8) and the sinus of the angle (a) which the axes of the channels enclose with the perpendicular to the plane of the transport path (1).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 62 words
Device in accordance with claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the light-emitting element (9) is connected to an alternating voltage source (20) with a frequency of at least 100 Hz and in that in the detection circuit of the light-sensitive element (10) a low frequency filter (22) is incorporated which is matched to the frequency of the alternating voltage source (20).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
Device in accordance with claim 3, characterized in that the alternating voltage source (20) has a frequency between 1 and 5 kHz.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 39 words
Device in accordance with claim 3 or 4, characterized in that a high frequency filter (23) which is matched to the frequency of the alternating voltage source (20) is incorporated in the detection circuit of the light-sensitive element (10).

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