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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1981
Alan A Hoover, New Palestine, IN (US);
Richard D Harris, Fountaintown, IN (US);
Pentek Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An accumulating live conveyor comprises a plurality of load-carrying rollers supported for rotation about transverse axes, a power-driven belt for engaging the load-carrying rollers to convey loads from the upstream end toward the downstream end of the conveyor, conveyor assembly sections operable for disengaging the power-driven belt from the load-carrying rollers to accumulate loads on the load-carrying rollers in selected upstream and downstream areas of the conveyor, and a control system providing area control and load motion control of the conveyor. The control system comprises an apparatus for detecting the position of the leading load conveyed into a downstream area of the conveyor and for disengaging the power-driven belt in the downstream area, a circuit responsive to the detecting apparatus for producing a load position-related signal, an apparatus for sensing motion of at least the leading load in relation to its detected position and for producing a load motion-related signal, and a circuit responsive to the load position-related signal for processing the load motion-related signal and for producing a control signal which is used to disengage the power-driven belt in the upstream area of the conveyor.