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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory F Girardey, Jasper, AL (US);
Assignee:
Continental Conveyor & Equipment Co. L.P., Winfield, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198813 ;
Abstract
A conveyor belt tensioning assembly having a winch drum and a pair of ac torque vector motors operatively connected to the winch drum. The motors are controlled by a motor controller which senses operational load on the winch drum and adjusts operating parameters of the motors to maintain belt tension within a desired range.