Motion detector and control system for an accumulating live conveyor
CA 1207271 A · Owner: Key Bank Of Maine · Inventors: Harris, Richard D.; Hoover, Alan A.
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An accumulating live conveyor comprises a plurality of load-carrying rollers supported for rotation about transverse axes, a power-driven belt for engaging the load-carrying rollers to convey loads from the upstream end toward the downstream end of the conveyor conveyor assembly, sections operable for disengaging the power-driven belt from the load-carrying rollers to accumulate loads on the load-carrying rollers in selected upstream and downstream areas of the conveyor, and a control system providing area control and load motion control of the conveyor. The control system comprises an apparatus for detecting the position of the leading load conveyed into a downstream area of the conveyor …
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- Granted July 8, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 8, 2003.
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