Patent ID: 11920299
Assignee: IBS OF AMERICA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC D  G | IPC D  G

Claim 7:
8. A formation detection system comprising:
a. two or more sensors wherein the two or more sensors include:
i. a first of the two or more sensors is directed to a location along a paper machine corresponding to a first sheet of paper and
ii. a second of the two or more sensors is directed to a location along a paper machine corresponding to a second sheet of paper;

b. two or more lights located adjacent to the two or more sensors; and
c. a control system;
wherein formation of the first sheet of paper and formation of the second sheet of paper are matched up by the control system to form joint data so that when the first sheet of paper and the second sheet of paper are joined, formation data regarding the first sheet of paper and the second sheet of paper is recorded individually; and
wherein the first of the two or more sensors and the second of the two or more sensors comprise a camera that monitors the formation of the first sheet of paper and the formation of the second sheet of paper respectively.