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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Conveyor Dynamics, Inc., Bellingham, WA (US);
Andrew Jennings, Bellingham, WA (US);
Conveyor Dynamics, Inc., Bellingham, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for converting energy between electric, kinetic, and potential and storing potential energy; the method comprising the steps of: providing a conveyor belt having a lower end, an upper end; the conveyor belt configured to convey conveyed material between the upper end and the lower end in both directions; providing an evaluation system configured to determine the electric power load on an electrical grid relative to the power supply on the electrical grid; a generator configured to generate electric power when the conveyor belt conveys the conveyed material from the high potential energy storage location to the low potential energy storage location; coupling a motor to the conveyor belt, the motor configured to provide motive force to the conveyor belt to convey the conveyed material from the low potential energy storage location to the high potential energy storage location.