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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Inventors:
Wewage Hiran Linus Dep, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Ernest Troxler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/06 (2018.01); G01B 15/02 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/38 (2006.01); G01N 23/12 (2018.01); G01N 23/09 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01); B65G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/06 (2013.01); B65G 15/08 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); G01B 15/02 (2013.01); G01B 15/025 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 23/09 (2013.01); G01N 23/12 (2013.01); G01N 33/383 (2013.01); B65G 2201/045 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0208 (2013.01); B65G 2203/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/205 (2013.01); G01N 2223/505 (2013.01); G01N 2223/613 (2013.01); G01N 2223/633 (2013.01); G01N 2223/643 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system is provided. The system includes a conveyor apparatus configured for conveying a material and a water content measurement system positioned about the conveyor apparatus for determining water content in the material. A dimension characteristic measurement system for detecting one or more dimension characteristics of the material is provided and a computer device is configured to manipulate data received from the water content measurement system and the dimension characteristic measurement system to determine a water content of the material.