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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Josef K Holy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Alan R Henderson, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G01B / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3314 / ; 33129 ;
Abstract
In accordance with one disclosed embodiment, a continuous steel belt passed around two pulleys which are disposed so that the belt is in contact with a magnetic strip bonded to the surface of a conveyor. A rotary measuring device, such as photoelectric encoder, is attached to the shaft of one of said pulleys and the output signals from the encoder provide an accurate measurement of the linear travel of the conveyor.