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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Siemens Logistics Llc, DFW Airport, TX (US);
Inventor:
Michael D. Carpenter, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Logistics LLC, DFW Airport, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/53 (2006.01); B65G 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/53 (2013.01); B65G 15/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/05 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0291 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01); B65G 2811/095 (2013.01); B65G 2812/02217 (2013.01); G05B 2219/14001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A diverter system includes a conveyor belt with a horizontal belt surface, a diverter arm comprising a diverter belt with a vertical diverting belt surface, the diverter arm being operated by an actuator assembly, a sensing device for monitoring a speed of the vertical diverting belt surface, and a control unit operably coupled to the sensing device, wherein the control unit adjusts the speed of the vertical diverting belt surface according to a predefined ratio of speed between the horizontal belt surface and the vertical diverting belt surface.