| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6557446 |
Apparatus for cutting and sorting diagnostic strips |
May 6, 2003 |
| Diagnostic strips of the kind which are exposed to biological fluids such as blood or urine to detect or monitor medical conditions are cut sequentially from elongated cards by a reciprocating shear blade. The cards may be ones which exhibit defective areas that should not be include |
| 6089000 |
Programmable device packaging method and system |
July 18, 2000 |
| A packaging method and apparatus for packing items in selectively variable numerical quantities includes a track assembly adapted to support a plurality of strip items in parallel array. In a first section of the track assembly, a lateral slot receives consecutive batches of strips in |
| 6047873 |
Web feed guide apparatus |
April 11, 2000 |
| In an apparatus for feeding and delivering a thin web in a longitudinal direction, a web guide for precisely controlling the lateral position of the web includes an assembly formed of a platen and mating cover. The platen is provided with an upper surface having a shallow channel formed |
| 5849141 |
Method and apparatus for precision card lamination |
December 15, 1998 |
| An apparatus for assembly of laminated components to a card base includes a main platen secured to a pair of precision linear bearings to support the card base. Rows of vacuum holes in the platen secure the card by suction effect. A removable track location key at one edge of the main pl |
| 5816030 |
Apparatus for packaging cut strips |
October 6, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus for collecting and packaging a plurality of strips of a web material operates in conjunction with a rotary cutter assembly which forms a plurality of strips in parallel, longitudinally spaced array. A platen includes an intake portion with a plurality of inclined |