Patent Document ID: 5499718
Application ID: 08375821
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for seeking and sensing a specific area on articles in a stream of articles of manufacture moving at a predetermined speed, comprising: a sensing station; means for accelerating each of the articles as they approach the sensing station relative to said predetermined speed whereby the accelerated articles become separated from the others as the accelerated articles approach the sensing station; means for stopping the separated articles at the sensing station; means for seeking a selected area on a stopped article including means for manipulating the stopped article and means for determining when the selected area thereon is positioned for sensing, the article being manipulated by the means for manipulating until the means for determining determines that the selected area on the article is oriented in a predetermined sensing position; means for sensing the stopped article and providing information corresponding thereto; and means for resuming the predetermined speed of the article.