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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20090224187A1
SERIAL NO

12097792

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The invention concerns a device for counting series of thin products (2), stacked side by side, and includes a means of illuminating the stack (5) producing one or more light beams covering the whole length of the stack (5), --a detection resource with a detection circuit, including a multiplicity of photosensitive elements, an optical device, associated with the detection circuit, that can be used to focus light rays reflected by the stack (5), --storage resources a separating element (1) included in the stack (5) between two adjacent series of thin products (2), where each separating element (1) has a mark placed on one part of one of its edges where a part of the marking is illuminated by a lighting resource and visible to the detection resource; --processing resources receiving signals coming from the detection circuit and arranged so as to distinguish the visual limit of the thin products (2) as well as the mark on the separating element (1).

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DATACARD CORPORATION11111 BREN ROAD WEST MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berthe, Benoit Orleans , FR 24 66
Perdoux, Dominique Mardie , FR 8 27

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