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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Castrol Limited, Reading, GB;
Inventors:
Scott Alan Johnson, White Cloud, MI (US);
Richard Allen Moen, White Cloud, MI (US);
William Thomas Preble, White Cloud, MI (US);
Assignee:
Castrol Limited, Reading, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/02 (2006.01); B65G 17/38 (2006.01); B65G 39/20 (2006.01); B65G 47/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/02 (2013.01); B65G 17/38 (2013.01); B65G 39/20 (2013.01); B65G 47/60 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0233 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyor condition monitor, for use with a conveyor comprising a plurality of trollies () running along a conveyor rail () and linked to one another by a chain link system, is disclosed. The monitor comprises a conveyor monitoring station () and a first deformation sensor (). The deformation sensor () is in communication with the conveyor monitor, and is adapted to notify the conveyor monitor of the presence of a deformed () trolley () in the conveyor.