Article counting system
Abstract
Abstract IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING ARTICLES, SUCH AS FLAT BLANKS, WHEREIN THE BLANKS ARE TRANSFERRED PART WAY AROUND SUCTION ROLLS OR WHEELS, A SYSTEM FOR COUNTING SUCH BLANKS, INCLUDING A MAGNETICALLY OPERATED REED SWITCH FOR GENERATING SUCCESSIVE COUNT SIGNALS PROPORTIONAL IN TIME TO THE ANGULAR SPEED OF ROTATION OF THE ROLLS OR WHEELS, AND A PRESSURE SENSITIVE PICKUP FOR PRODUCING AN INHIBIT SIGNAL WHENEVER SUCTION PRESSURE IS LOST DUE TO A MISSING BLANK. THE NUMBER OF COUNT SIGNALS IS REDUCED BY ANY INHIBIT SIGNAL AND THE RESULT FED TO A COUNTER WHICH THEREBY RECORDS THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL BLANKS HANDLED. THE COUNTER, THROUGH A VARIABLE TIME DELAY CONTROLS THE OPERATION OF A DEVICE FOR GROUPING PREDETERMINED NUMBERS OF THESE BLANKS FOR BANKING OR THE LIKE.
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- 👤 Maximiliano Rappaport
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