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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to adjust tension in an endless belt of an industrial machine may include a conveyor assembly, a tension system, an image sensor, and a controller. The controller may be operable to receive a first image from the image sensor; determine a position of a first raised feature of an endless belt of the conveyor assembly relative to a first groove formed in the first roller of the conveyor assembly based on the first image and actuate an actuator of the tension system to alter the tension level in the endless belt in response to a determination that the first raised feature is at a location relative to the first groove outside of a selected range of locations to move the first raised feature to within the selected range of locations.