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US 8,899,955 B2Granted
Electronic cycle counter
AssigneeProgressive Components International Corporation
InventorGlenn Starkey
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Abstract
A monitor for maintaining a mold cycle count with an actuator sending a count signal to a processor following a mold operation. The monitor further includes a timer having an active mode and a sleep mode. The processor generates an average cycle time and an activity percentage of the mold taking into account active and sleep periods of the mold.
Claims11
A monitor for maintaining a mold cycle count, the monitor comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor positioned with respect to the housing;
- an actuator positioned with respect to the housing, the actuator electronically connected to the processor programmed to receive a count signal following a mold operation;
- an electronic display positioned with respect to the housing, the electronic display configured to display a plurality of data categories containing different information about a mold;
- a timer electronically connected with the processor, the processor programmed to determine, using the timer, an active mode during an active time of the mold and a sleep mode during an idle time of the mold, and the processor further programmed to calculate an activity percentage of the mold, which is defined as the active time divided by a sum of the active time plus the idle time, and the processor further programmed to display the activity percentage on the electronic display as one of the data categories;
- and to scroll through the one or more data categories on the electronic display.
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A monitor for maintaining a mold cycle count, the monitor comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor positioned with respect to the housing;
- an actuator positioned with respect to the housing, the actuator electronically connected to the processor which is programmed to receive a count signal from the actuator following a mold operation;
- an electronic display positioned with respect to the housing, the electronic display configured to display a plurality of data categories containing different information about a mold;
- a timer connected with the processor the processor programmed to determine using the timer an activity percentage of the mold, the activity percentage defined as an active time of the mold divided by an idle time of the mold plus the active time, the processor further programmed to display the activity percentage on the electronic display as one of the data categories;
- and a function button positioned in the housing, the function button operably connected to the processor, and the processor programmed to receive a signal from the function button to scroll through the data categories and display on the electronic display one or more of the data categories.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.