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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Applicant:
BJ Services, Llc, Tomball, TX (US);
Inventors:
Brent Naizer, Tomball, TX (US);
Ronnie Hughes, Montgomery, TX (US);
Assignee:
BJ Services, LLC, Tomball, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 11/12 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 65/42 (2006.01); B65G 47/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/19 (2013.01); B65G 65/42 (2013.01); G01G 11/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Automatically adjusting the amount of material delivered by a conveyor belt includes measuring the speed of a drive pulley that drives the conveyor belt and determining the weight of material dispensed onto the conveyor belt from at least one material dispenser on a real-time, ongoing basis. Based at least in part upon such speed and weight measurements, an electronic controller repeatedly adjusts the speed of the conveyor belt by dictating the output of at least one motor that drives the drive pulley.