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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1991
Yoshitaka Ikeda, Nagoya, JP;
Noriyuki Akasaka, Nagoya, JP;
Hisataka Yonezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Wataru Matsubara, Yokohama, JP;
Etsuko Kinoshita, Kobe, JP;
Hidetaka Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a refuse shredder composed of a refuse feeding section and a refuse shredding section detects a stagnating state of refuse to adjust the feed rate, detects idling of the feeding section and restores it to a proper state, detects a tendency of tripping of a shredder drive motor and prevents such tripping, and generally automates an operation of the shredder. The system includes an image pickup device for picking up an image of a refuse inlet of the shredder, an image processor for binary-coding an image signal generated by the image pickup device to obtain a characteristic quantity of the refuse, and control calculator for calculating and outputting a control signal for controlling the feeding section and the shredding section on the basis of the characteristic quantity of the refuse obtained by the image processor. Preferably, the system further includes a current detector for detecting a drive current value of a drive motor for the feeding section and the shredding section, and the control calculator calculates and outputs a control signal for controlling the feeding section and the shredding section on the basis of the above-mentioned characteristic quantity of the refuse as well as the detected drive current value of the drive motor.