Concrete pump monitoring system
CA 2113589 C · Owner: Anderson, Thomas M. · Inventors: Anderson, Thomas M.
Overview
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A system for monitoring the transport of concrete includes a computer pump sensors, and a positive displacement pump for pumping concrete through a pipeline. The monitoring system senses and records the number of pump strokes and the pumping pressure during each pump stroke. The actual volume and instantaneous pumping rates of concrete pumped during each pump stroke are calculated. Based upon a calculated velocity and upon the pressure of the concrete being pumped the monitoring system provides predicted component wear information for maintenance scheduling and warranty verification.
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- Filed January 17, 1994 and granted December 17, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 17, 2016.
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