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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Petsmart Home Office, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
PETSMART HOME OFFICE, INC., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/44 (2006.01); B65G 11/02 (2006.01); B65G 11/20 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/44 (2013.01); B65G 11/023 (2013.01); B65G 11/203 (2013.01); G01N 15/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0208 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for measuring dustiness of a product. The method can include providing the product onto a ramp. The method further can include allowing gravity to move the product down the ramp through a dam. The dam can be configured to control a mass flow rate of the product moved down the ramp. The method additionally can include measuring, by a sensor, airborne particles to determine the dustiness of the product, wherein the airborne particles are generated by the product exiting the ramp and freely falling onto a support surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.