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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Patrick J. Delaney, Iii, Sudbury, MA (US);
Barbara Janina Byczkiewicz, Atkinson, NH (US);
Anatoly G. Grinberg, Brighton, MA (US);
Patrick J. Delaney, III, Sudbury, MA (US);
Barbara Janina Byczkiewicz, Atkinson, NH (US);
Anatoly G. Grinberg, Brighton, MA (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to conveyor control system and methodology that may be operatively coupled with other such systems in order to implement a control strategy for a modular conveyor system. A module and/or series of modules are provided that clamp to a cable, the modules having associated logic and inter-module communications for control. This includes relatively inexpensive power distribution, interconnection and motion logic for industrial conveyor systems.