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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Randy K. Baird, Bolivar, PA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 9/04 ; B65G 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 9/04 ; B65G 2/500 ;
Abstract
A vibratory conveying feeder, which includes a power control circuit for locally providing an adjusted drive signal to the vibratory drive. Inclusion of a power control circuit into one or more vibratory conveying feeders within a system including multiple vibratory conveying feeders, enable the feeders to share a common power supply bus. By enabling multiple feeders to share a common power supply bus, the wiring associated with providing power connections to the multiple vibratory conveying feeders is correspondingly reduced. Consequently, initial system installation or system reconfiguration is greatly simplified.