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Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);

Inventors:

Brett E. DeVries, Comstock Park, MI (US);

Todd A. Zeilinger, Holland, MI (US);

Kurt Alan Dykema, Holland, MI (US);

David Adrian Moelker, Zeeland, MI (US);

Assignee:

Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 45/12 (2006.01); G01M 13/00 (2019.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 45/16 (2006.01); B65G 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 45/12 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 43/02 (2013.01); B65G 45/16 (2013.01); G01M 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, an apparatus is provided for a conveyor belt system. The apparatus includes a conveyor belt cleaner having an elongate support and a pair of mounts configured to position the elongate support to extend across a conveyor belt. The apparatus includes a cleaner blade configured to be operatively mounted to the elongate support and engage a conveyor belt. The apparatus further includes a sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic of the elongate support as the elongate support vibrates during conveyor belt operation. A processor of the apparatus is configured to use the at least one characteristic of the elongate support to predict at least one property of the cleaner blade.


Find Patent Forward Citations

DeVries, Brett. (2022). Apparatus and method for monitoring conveyor systems (U.S. Patent No. 11440745). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11440745

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