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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Jack Bruce Wallace, Powell, OH (US);
Jacques Frederick Basson, Durban, ZA;
Jack Bruce Wallace, Powell, OH (US);
Jacques Frederick Basson, Durban, ZA;
Veyance Technologies, Inc., Fairlawn, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for detecting defects in conveyor belt splices having magnetically permeable metal cords embedded therein as the conveyor belt advances through a conveyor system, said conveyor belt having at least one splice, wherein a first set of magnetically permeable metal cords coming from a first side of the splice extend into a second side of the splice and have ends which are embedded in the second side of the splice, wherein a second set of magnetically permeable metal cords coming from the second side of the splice extend into the first side of the splice and have ends which are embedded in the first side of the splice.