APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SHEET QUANTITY OF PAPER PRODUCT

Title:

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SHEET QUANTITY OF PAPER PRODUCT

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/126995

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A system detects the sheet quantity of sheet material such as paper by use of a detection roller which deforms from concentric when sheet material passes between the detection roller and another roller, and using a detector to detect the degree of de-concentricity and provide an output indicating the number of sheets passing through. The system has particular application to insert machines for detecting the number of sheets of insert material being inserted into host material such as newspapers.

Inventors:

GOSZKA TIMOTHY (US)
BAIRD JAMES (US)
MESSENGER JOHN (US)
NOLL HARRY (US)
SHAFFER JOHN (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2010/032750

Publication Date:

March 10, 2011

Filing Date:

April 28, 2010

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MULLER MARTINI MAILROOM SYSTEMS INC (US)
GOSZKA TIMOTHY (US)
BAIRD JAMES (US)
MESSENGER JOHN (US)
NOLL HARRY (US)
SHAFFER JOHN (US)

International Classes:

B65H43/00

Foreign References:

JPH0781802A	1995-03-28
JPH11171381A	1999-06-29
JP2002321849A	2002-11-08
JP2003327340A	2003-11-19

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