A load monitoring and inventory management system for use with a load conveyor
CA 2438864 A1 · Owner: Christmas, Michael Charles · Inventors: Christmas, Michael Charles
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A load monitoring system for use with a load conveyor (1) such as a lifting assembly of a forklift truck or other mobile load handler. The conveyor has a load support (3) for supporting a load to be conveyed and a load-bearing chain or cable (6). A load transducer (5) is attached to the load conveyor and generates an output signal representative of the load applied to the chain at any particular point in time. From the output signal the time during which the element has been used in a particular load range is determined as well as the remaining service life of the element. The load data may be collected and processed locally or may be transmitted to a remote computer (21) or …
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- Filed February 13, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 13, 2022.
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