US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Sept. 16 for "Measurement of textile cord count for rubber sheet calendering" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,526, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Measurement of textile cord count for rubber sheet calendering" was invented by Tobias Nebel (North Vancouver, Canada) and Momcilo Gavrilov (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Calculating cord parameters of a textile reinforced rubber sheet moving in the machine direction includes: (a) illuminating an area on a side of the sheet with radiation; (b) obtaining a digital image of an illuminated area; (c) generating a digital image of the outer surface; and (d) calculating cord parameters. The elongated textile cords are prefera...