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US 12,510,499 B2Granted
End detection unit
AssigneeVan Hessen Holding B.V.
InventorPeter Nadolny Madsen
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Abstract
An intestine detector comprising a first end detector and a second end detector arranged a non-zero distance from the first end detector, wherein the intestine detector comprises an intermediate detector arranged and distanced between each of the end detectors in such a configuration that the intermediate detector will be electrically connected to any intestine suspended on the end detectors and extending between the first end detector and the second end detector.
Claims18
An intestine detector comprising:
- a first end detector;
- an intermediate detector arranged and distanced from the first end detector by a gap in such a configuration that the intermediate detector is electrically connected to any intestine suspended on the first end detector and stretched past the intermediate detector, wherein the intestine is freely suspended within the gap,
- wherein a portion of the first end detector, a portion of the intermediate detector, and the gap exist within a plane that is parallel to a direction of the stretching of the intestine;
- and
- a pair of drive rollers that draw the intestine in the direction of the stretching.
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A method of detecting the presence of an intestine, comprising:
- providing an intestine detector comprising a first end detector and an intermediate detector arranged and distanced from the first end detector by a gap;
- hanging an intestine on the first end detector;
- stretching the intestine through the gap and past the intermediate detector such that the intestine is freely suspended within the gap;
- wherein a portion of the first end detector, a portion of the intermediate detector, and the gap exist within a plane that is parallel to a direction of the stretching;
- electrically connecting the first end detector and the intermediate detector;
- and
- detecting the presence of the intestine when the intestine closes a circuit between the first end detector and the intermediate detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.