Method and apparatus for downloading data from a machine
AssigneeStork Townsend Inc.
InventorsPaul Joynt, Mike Simpson, Daniel Pfeffer, Vincent Basile, Doug McCloskey
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Abstract
A device for downloading data from a machine having a touch screen or PLC to govern its operation, the device includes a handheld control unit that is operably associated with the touch screen or PLC such that the touch screen or PLC can be downloaded from the touch screen onto the device and information from the device can be transmitted to a personal computer to be viewed or printed. Additionally, a method of downloading the data from a machine having a touch screen or PLC to a handheld control unit and downloading this information to a personal computer such that the information can be viewed or printed.
Claims9
A method of downloading data from a meat processing machine characterized in providing a meat processing machine;
- providing an intermediary device that is operatively associated with the meat processing machine;
- selectively actuating the intermediary device to transfer data from the meat processing machine to the intermediary device;
- and formulating the transferred data to be viewed.
(canceled)
A system for downloading data from a meat processing machine an intermediary device operatively associated with the meat processing machine such that data is transferred from the meat processing machine to the intermediary device 16;
- and the intermediary device being operable to formulate the transferred data to be viewed.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.