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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Applicants:
David Dale Brandt, New Berlin, WI (US);
Wayne H. Wielebski, New Berlin, WI (US);
Inventors:
David Dale Brandt, New Berlin, WI (US);
Wayne H. Wielebski, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A modular conveyor system is disclosed in which components of each conveyor module is designed for wireless mesh communication. The communications may be within a module or between modules. Certain of the components may be powered by battery, such that the components may be completely wireless. The network may be entirely self-configuring such that the modules may be assembled and the network established in a straightforward manner.