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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Sidel Canada Inc., Québec, CA;
Inventor:
Stéphane Goyette, Québec, CA;
Assignee:
SIDEL CANADA, Laval, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G01F 3/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/30 (2006.01); G01F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B65G 2203/043 (2013.01); G01F 1/30 (2013.01); G01F 3/00 (2013.01); G01F 13/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a detector for detecting a product flow on a conveyor, including a base, to be fixed at a side of the conveyor, a pendulum, fixed to the based with a rotation to an axis, the pendulum rotating when products are pushed against it, a sensor, for detecting the position of the pendulum. The pendulum includes at an end thereof a contact unit having a flat plate shape, with a non-metallic surface for contacting the products.