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Self-advancing encoder for appliance control

US 2010/0242548 A1 · Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. · Inventors: Webster; Matthew C. et al.

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  • Published September 30, 2010, and no patent has issued anywhere in its US family since.
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FiledNovember 7, 2008
PublishedSeptember 30, 2010
StatusAbandoned (inferred)
Application number12/738798
Classification (CPC)G05B19/0426 +2 more
Length9 pages

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